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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days/ nights/ 24/7 roster)
Job ref
455-SDECRECRUITMENTDAY
Employer
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Highgate Mental Health Centre and Enfield Chase Farm
Town
London
Salary
£30,630 - £32,346 per annum pro rata, inclusive of outer HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/04/2026 23:59

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Recruitment Day - Clinical Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we: 

  • Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
  • Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
  • Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
  • Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
  • Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
  • Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer.  We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our trust website is:  https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ 

As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role.

We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit  https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

North London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to fair and transparent recruitment and requires applicants to provide accurate information, as misleading details may affect their application or employment and may be verified in line with the Fraud Act 2006. For further information please visit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

 

Job overview

NOTE: Do not submit application on this site. You must complete the form attached only after reading the requirements in the advert. Interest for here: Clinical Support Workers Recruitment Day – Fill in form

Same Day Emergency Care & In‑Patient Mental Health Services
We’re expanding our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) provision for people experiencing a mental health crisis — and we’re looking for dedicated Clinical Support Workers to join our specialist teams.

Are you studying a Health and Social Care subject, or have experience in mental health care? 

 

Main duties of the job

Wednesday 29th April 2026 – 9:30am – 5pm / Location (Highbury & Islington) will be confirmed in formal invitation email.


Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS)
Locations: Chase Farm Hospital (Enfield) & Highgate Mental Health Centre (Camden). A fast-paced, trauma-informed service providing an alternative to A&E for people in urgent mental health crisis.

•Ideal for candidates with crisis experience
• Psychologically informed approaches essential
• Dynamic and supportive environment


Health Based Place of Safety (HBPoS)
Location: Highgate Mental Health Centre (Camden).

Supporting individuals detained under Sections 135 & 136 of the Mental Health Act within a secure therapeutic setting.

•Perfect for those with in‑patient experience
• High‑level care and intervention skills required

Acute Inpatients ward

We will have vacancies in our acute in-patients wards which we will be recruiting to.

On the day there will be an assessment followed by a face to face interview.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:  

  1.  We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
  2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
  3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
  4.  We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

Why NLFT?

  • We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
  • We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
  • NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent internal staff network

The post holder will be aligned with our values:

  • We Are Kind
  • We Are Respectful
  • We Work Together
  • We Keep Things Simple
  • We Empower
  • We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Who Should register?
• Mental health crisis experience
• In‑patient or specialist mental health background
• Trauma‑informed, compassionate care skills
• Strong communication & de-escalation abilities

Note: We are looking for people with Mental Health care experience. Those with only care home or agency care experience may not have the transferable skills required for these specialist services.
Come Join Us!

• Meet our teams.
• Learn about our services.
• Be interviewed on the day for Clinical Support Worker Vacancies.
• Start or grow your NHS career in mental health.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 in Mental Health or Certificate in Mental Health or Current experience within a Mental Health or Substance Misuse Team.

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the roles within the multi-professional team.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of people with acute health issues and or physical disabilities.

Personal Qualities Enthusiastic

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic and motivated

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyAge positiveImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Denisha Palmer
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07790959534
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