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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and evening work required)
Job ref
354-AC-21168
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Meadowfield
Town
Worthing
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker - Maple Ward

NHS AfC: Band 3

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Maple Ward at Meadowfield Hospital in Worthing are looking for a Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker  to join the Multi-disciplinary team on Maple Ward.

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role is full time 37.5 hours with some evening and weekend working essential.

Maple Ward is a 17 bed acute inpatient ward for working age adults with functional mental health needs.

Main duties of the job

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role includes facilitation of recreational, social and educational group and individual activities for the service users on the ward. 

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role involves leading, planning, promoting, delivering and evaluating activities in accordance with service users' needs.

You would be part of a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team with opportunities to work in close collaboration with colleagues including: Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Workers, Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Doctors, Social Workers, Psychologists and also community practitioners to support service users in their recovery.

Your skills will be developed through Clinical Supervision and Training opportunities.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate recreational, social and educational group and individual activities to the service users’ resident on the ward/unit. To lead, plan, promote, deliver and evaluate delegated activities in accordance with the service users’ needs to meet goals identified in the individuals Recovery Plan.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
  • Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
  • Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
  • Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience running groups/activities
  • Experience working as part of a team
  • Experience of being supervised

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Due to high numbers of applications this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. We will not be able to accept late applications to this post.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Stott
Job title
Senior Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01903 843200
Additional information

Fliss Boulton, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

[email protected]

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