Clinical Support Worker - Foxhall House inIpswich inIpswich PUBLISHED 9 DEC 2023

Band 3: £24,071 to £25,674 a year gross per annum (pro rata for part time)  PERMANENT 
Be able to protect boundaries especially in distressing situations.

Our primary focus is on collaborative working, placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery is reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient centred care.

Benefits for working with us:

  • Welcoming, friendly / supportive team environment
  • Substantive contract & guaranteed hours
  • Automatic enrolment into NHS pension
  • A comprehensive in house & external training programmes and career progression
  • Awesome annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • Staff wellbeing and physio service
  • Free parking on site
  • Cycle to work Scheme
  • Access to Commuter Travel Club _ First Bus
  • NHS Blue light card membership card
  • Health Service discounts
  • Exclusive deals for NHS staff and NHS Staff Benefits
  • Access to information for financial support for families
  • Discounted gym and leisure facility membership
  • Free Live Events for NHS workers_ Tickets for Good and any more...

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs


If you are looking for a way to express your caring personality and support those suffering from mental health illnesses, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Secure Services Team based in Ipswich as a Clinical Support Worker.

We currently have vacancies within our Inpatient service which is a low secure service. Our Service Users (SU) are referred to our care via other secure units, the Ministry of Justice, national offender management services, other inpatient wards within the Trust and further afield.

SU's can be admitted into our ward for a few months or more. Our dedicated team works closely with the SU to determine the best treatment based on risk reduction and assessment while they are here and reviews this regularly.

Our service is recovery focused on Treatment, Therapy and Supportto help our SU return to well-being and independence in the community by providing personal support in a person-centred and holistic way.

Relational Security is at the foundation of how we run our services and support SU to recover, also it is a security of the knowledge and understanding we have of a patient, of ourselves and of the environment, and the translation of that information into appropriate responses and care. Relational security is not just about having a 'good relationship' with a SU. Safe and effective relationships between staff and service user must be professional, therapeutic, and purposeful with understood limits.

Youneed to be supportive and express the below listed qualities to provide the best care to our service users and their families:

  • Be approachable and interested in people
  • Be confident in talking with people and comfortable with helping people from diverse range of backgrounds, sexual orientation, culture, religion.
  • Have the ability to empathise without giving advice before speaking with your clinical team
  • Have non-judgmental attitude and be an active lister
  • Be perceptive to notice changes
  • Be calm in difficult circumstances or in crisis
  • Be able to protect boundaries especially in distressing situations
  • Have an awareness of and the ability to adhere to strict confidentiality rules
  • Be able to commit to time required for working on the wards (rotated shifts)
  • Be eligible to work in UK (this role is not sponsored by Trust)

Our primary focus is on collaborative working, placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery is reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient centred care.

Benefits for working with us:

  • Welcoming, friendly / supportive team environment
  • Substantive contract & guaranteed hours
  • Automatic enrolment into NHS pension
  • A comprehensive in house & external training programmes and career progression
  • Awesome annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • Staff wellbeing and physio service
  • Free parking on site
  • Cycle to work Scheme
  • Access to Commuter Travel Club _ First Bus
  • NHS Blue light card membership card
  • Health Service discounts
  • Exclusive deals for NHS staff and NHS Staff Benefits
  • Access to information for financial support for families
  • Discounted gym and leisure facility membership
  • Free Live Events for NHS workers_ Tickets for Good and any more...

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs


If you are looking for a way to express your caring personality and support those suffering from mental health illnesses, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Secure Services Team based in Ipswich as a Clinical Support Worker.

We currently have vacancies within our Inpatient service which is a low secure service. Our Service Users (SU) are referred to our care via other secure units, the Ministry of Justice, national offender management services, other inpatient wards within the Trust and further afield.

SU's can be admitted into our ward for a few months or more. Our dedicated team works closely with the SU to determine the best treatment based on risk reduction and assessment while they are here and reviews this regularly.

Our service is recovery focused on Treatment, Therapy and Supportto help our SU return to well-being and independence in the community by providing personal support in a person-centred and holistic way.

Relational Security is at the foundation of how we run our services and support SU to recover, also it is a security of the knowledge and understanding we have of a patient, of ourselves and of the environment, and the translation of that information into appropriate responses and care. Relational security is not just about having a 'good relationship' with a SU. Safe and effective relationships between staff and service user must be professional, therapeutic, and purposeful with understood limits.

Youneed to be supportive and express the below listed qualities to provide the best care to our service users and their families:

  • Be approachable and interested in people
  • Be confident in talking with people and comfortable with helping people from diverse range of backgrounds, sexual orientation, culture, religion.
  • Have the ability to empathise without giving advice before speaking with your clinical team
  • Have non-judgmental attitude and be an active lister
  • Be perceptive to notice changes
  • Be calm in difficult circumstances or in crisis
  • Be able to protect boundaries especially in distressing situations
  • Have an awareness of and the ability to adhere to strict confidentiality rules
  • Be able to commit to time required for working on the wards (rotated shifts)
  • Be eligible to work in UK (this role is not sponsored by Trust)



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