Family Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic clinical support worker within the Intensive Support Team (ISF) Wirral. You will join a small and friendly team consisting of a Specialist Nurse, Clinical psychologist and 2x Assistant Psychologists.
This post is a Band 3 full time permanent position, working with the team and supporting them in the delivery of intensive interventions, within the community for young people with a diagnosis of autism and /or a learning disability, with the aim of preventing the need for hospital admission.
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual with strong communication and organisational and IT skills, who is also able to work autonomously.
**You will have**:
- A high level of enthusiasm and dedication to providing quality, community based mental health support services to children, and young people with disabilities and their families
Experience of and/or an interest in working with children and young people with disabilities and their families.
To have the necessary communication skills to develop working relationships with families and young people and an ability to think flexibly and adapt support using reasonable adjustments to engage with families.
The main duties will include working with the team, providing clinical and clerical support under the supervision of the specialist nurse.
The post requires information and computer technology skills, and access to transport as the work is community based and you must be able to travel across the Wirral locality.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.