Clinical Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The East London Intensive Support Team provides a 7 day a week urgent and intensive community response for people with Learning Disabilities with additional complex mental health needs and/or behaviours that services perceive to be challenging, that result in the person posing a risk to themselves or others. The service operates across the inner east London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City and Hackney.

The post holder will assist other professionals in the IST in providing assessment, care, treatment and discharge planning. This will be achieved through close collaboration with the person, carers, colleagues and other service providers. This may include supporting people during admissions to acute mental health wards.

The post holder will work directly with service users to develop a rapport based upon respect, kindness and compassion that builds the basis of a professional relationship. You will have a significant role in supporting service users to engage with their agreed Care Plans, positively promoting independent living and recovery.

 

You will work as a part of a multidisciplinary team, building relationships within the Intensive Support Team as well as with the Community Learning Disability and Inpatient services and Local Authorities across east London.

 

Main duties of the job

 

  1. To support the Intensive Support team in providing assessments, care and treatment for People with learning Disability, Mental health issues and behaviours which challenge in the community under direct or indirect supervision of the team.

 

  1. To use skills in working with people with learning disabilities who are experiencing a Crisis to maintain, promote and improve health.

 

  1. To provide advice and consultation to colleagues supporting Autistic Adults who do not have Learning Disabilities.

 

  1. To facilitate access to health services through collaboration and partnership with primary and secondary health, and other relevant services.

 

  1. Developing working relationships with clients, provider organisations, GPs, local community resources.

 

  1. Support in the delivery of generic health tasks such as the completion of Hospital Passports, Health Action Plans, monitoring of mental health and behaviours which may challenge.

 

  1. Prepare clients and carers for health appointments to enhance their understanding to enable them to actively participate in their own health care.

 

  1. To contribute to shaping local health services in the way they are organised and run to promote an inclusive service for people with learning disabilities.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 qualification to diploma equivalent level or above

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people who have a disability and/or physical/mental health/sensory difficulties
  • Experience of using Excel software for data recording and reporting
  • Experience of team working
  • Experience of co-facilitating and presenting information to groups
  • Experience of working with people who have a learning disability, mental health issues and behaviours which may challenge
  • Experience of working with people who have communication difficulties or are non-verbal

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Understanding of what a learning disability is and the impact it may have upon someone on a day to day basis
  • Ability to adapt communication style to communicate effectively with those who have limited verbal communication skills
  • Good interpersonal and written communication skills
  • Competence in the use of IT software – Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams; Zoom
  • To be willing to learn new clinical skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 21 June 2026

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