Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a compassionate and motivated Therapy Support Worker to join its dedicated team. This exciting opportunity is open to qualified candidates requiring visa sponsorship, making it an ideal role for those looking to grow their healthcare career within the NHS.
About the Trust
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust serves as the leading mental health and learning disability provider for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby.
From education and prevention to crisis intervention and specialist care, our compassionate teams work collaboratively with patients, families, and communities to ensure individuals feel safe, understood, and supported.
At the heart of our mission is a commitment to empowering recovery. Every voice matters—patients, families, and carers are all essential partners in shaping the care journey. We prioritize active listening to deliver truly person-centered care that builds trust and understanding.
We are passionate about innovation and community collaboration to enhance mental health care where it’s needed most. Our goal? To ensure everyone in our region has access to the mental health support they need to lead their best life.
Why Join Us?
Work in a supportive and inclusive environment that values your growth.
Be part of a forward-thinking organization driving positive change in mental health care.
Gain access to training and development opportunities tailored to help you succeed.
Ideal candidates may qualify for a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Join us on our journey to transform mental health care and make a lasting impact in your community.
Apply today and take the first step in an inspiring career with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust!
Position: Therapy Support Worker
Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Durham, UK
About the Role
Do you want to use your experience to help others? Do you want to be part of a team providing evidence based psychological therapies in Durham and Darlington? Do you want to help shape the way people with depression and anxiety disorders are supported in their recovery? If the answer to these questions is “Yes” then we have great opportunities for you to work with us.
The post holder will work within Talking Changes, supporting the provision of high volume, low intensity interventions through a range of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. Successful candidates will receive excellent support in their role, including extensive clinical and caseload supervision. You will extend the range of effective treatment and support available to people with common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. You may be required to work late evenings up until 8pm up to three times depending on the needs of the service.
The post holder will have excellent communication skills, will have experiencee of working with people who have experienced mental health difficulties, have experience of working in a support worker/ health care assistant / counselling role with experience of working within mental health settings.
Main Duties
Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols within service
- Support people with a common mental health problem in the self-self management of their recovery.
- Support decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
Administrative Responsibilities
- Ensure all relevant correspondence are composed and sent in line with service protocols and procedures
Responsibility for Information & Information Systems
- Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service
- Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols
Responsibility for Planning/Organising & Strategic/Business Development
- To contribute to the development of best practice in the service
Policy Development
- To contribute to the development of specific protocols and policies based on knowledge and experience gained through training and provision of interventions
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Good standard of education, including numeracy and literacy
Desirable
- A health, psychology or social care foundation qualification
Experience (Essential)
- Experience of working with adult mental health or similar vulnerable group
- Experience of offering individual support to clients
- Experience of undertaking assessments including risk assessment.
- Experience of team working.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
Skills (Essential)
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the learning of training.
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
- Ability to understand psychosocial models, and apply therapeutic techniques to affect change.
- Able to verbally communicate clearly and expressively in the English language where the information may be complex or sensitive and there may be barriers to understanding.
- Able to evidence competence in a the range of procedural and practice skills required to fulfil post responsibilities.
- Able to demonstrate ability to make judgements requiring comparison and breakdown of facts and information.
- Demonstrate ability to plan and organise tasks, activities or programmes.
- Able to demonstrate ability to follow instruction and procedures with minimal supervision.
- Able to demonstrate ability to cope with work patterns that can be unpredictable and be able to concentrate for lengthy periods.
- Able to evidence emotional capability to frequently cope with emotional distress and demanding clinical situations.
- Able to evidence ability to cope with challenging and aggressive situations.
- Ability to work autonomously and part of a team.
- Ability to work with a service user focus.
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
Knowledge (Essential)
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems, identifying how it may present in primary care.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Desirable
- Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
Knowledge (Essential)
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems, identifying how it may present in primary care.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
Desirable
- Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health.
Other (Essential)
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
- Ability to work flexibly, including some evening working.
- Commitment to achieving good outcomes for clients.
Benefits
- Talking Changes offers excellent training and development opportunities
- Flexible working (where appropriate)
- 27 days annual leave per annum/pro rata
- Plus statutory holidays and a contributory pension scheme.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to learn more and apply
Application Deadline
December 18, 2024