Clinical Support Worker (Sponsorship Available) at Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a part-time Clinical Support Worker that is passionate about recovery-led care with a focus on promoting least restrictive practice. You will join the Female Adult Acute wards at Hellesdon Hospital in supporting working adult aged women through their mental health journey.

Due to the nature of the service and the patient group supported, applications from female candidates are welcome for this post.

The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and looking forward to a new challenge providing the best care to service users. The role requires someone who displays compassion, empathy and is sensitive in their approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.

If you are an experienced Support Worker looking to develop your skills or someone looking to start your career within mental health, this could be a perfect opportunity!

Job Details

• Employer: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

• Job Title: Clinical Support Worker

• Location: United Kingdom

• Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year

• Job Type: Full-time & Part-time

• Closing Date: 18 November 2026

Main Duties of the Job

As a Clinical Support Worker, you will be a vital member of the team who will be enthusiastic, resilient, sensitive, and passionate about providing the best care to service users.

As a Support Worker, you will be an essential member of the team, bringing personal skills and experience of caring for people to provide activity, personal support, complete observations and engage with people.

However, most importantly and in keeping with the Trust values of Safer, Kinder, Better, the role requires someone who has exceptional people and communication skills.

About Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how the organisation works. The Trust is committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

The Trust actively encourages applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in its workforce, including those from the global majority. The Trust recognises that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and is working to address this.

The Trust is committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, the Trust is committed to providing an environment in which staff can thrive.

Why work for the Trust?

The Trust has challenges, but it has ambitious aspirations, is pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and needs dedicated individuals to support it on its journey. The Trust has strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure staff are truly cared for and cared about.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

On a daily basis, you will be working closely with other Clinical Support Workers, Registered Nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure service users are receiving the care they require but also apply your creativity to make each day spent in hospital meaningful and purposeful.

Please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on the Key Accountabilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

– Previous experience within the care sector.

Desirable

– Mental health experience.

Qualifications

Essential

• Care Certificate.

• NVQ Level 2/3, in Health and Social Care.

• Diploma Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care.

• An apprenticeship Framework Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care.

Other

Essential

• Fitness to undergo personal safety training.

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality.

• Awareness and understanding of equality and diversity issues.

Important Information About Sponsorship

Upcoming changes to UK immigration rules will affect sponsorship eligibility for Clinical Support Worker roles from December 2026.

If you require sponsorship, all required pre-employment checks must be satisfactorily completed and a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) issued before December 2026. A conditional offer does not guarantee sponsorship.

After December 2026, applicants will need to hold and maintain their own independent right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment, without requiring sponsorship from the Trust for this role. This includes applicants currently holding other time-limited immigration permission, such as a Graduate or Dependant visa.

If you require, or expect to require, sponsorship, please raise this with the Recruitment Team as early as possible.

Interview Information

Interview dates are yet to be set; applicants will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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).

How to Apply

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