Community Inclusion Worker | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health care organization in Greater Manchester is seeking a Senior Support Worker to provide community-based support for individuals with severe mental health problems. The role involves developing goal plans, monitoring progress, and assisting service users in accessing opportunities for health and independence. Ideal candidates will have experience in mental health support and community engagement, alongside a person-centred approach. This position includes generous benefits such as 27 days of annual leave and an excellent pension.

Benefits

Pay Enhancements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

FuelCards for applicable roles

Qualifications

• Experience in working with individuals with severe mental health issues.
• Skills in developing community links and supporting service users.
• Ability to work flexibly in both one-to-one and group settings.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with severe mental health issues to live independently.
• Collaborate with service users to create goal plans and monitor progress.
• Assist in access to employment, education, and training opportunities.
• Provide evidence-based monitoring of service user progress.

Skills

Person centred approach

Holistic support skills

Community development skills

Assessment and goal planning

Job description

Overview

The postholder will work as part of the Community Inclusion Service as a senior support worker under the supervision of the team manager and Occupational Therapist. The main purpose of the role is to work with service users, both on a one-to-one and group basis, in a goal and recovery focussed way, to enable individuals to improve their wellbeing and move towards independence. This will involve helping service users to overcome barriers to sustaining engagement in their activities of choice and supporting service users to access mainstream activities in the wider community. The postholder will be responsible for developing links in the community, providing one-to-one support to enable service users to be active, develop their skills and contribute to their communities.

The post involves the co-creation of goal plans with service users and regular reviews and monitoring of service user progress.

The postholder will work with service users who experience severe mental health problems and assist them to access employment, education and training (vocational) opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Support for people with severe and enduring mental health to move towards and maintain independent living within communities and to be placed on a path to work
• Person centred and recovery focused approach – Holistic support that considers all aspects of a person’s recovery
• Assessment and goal planning, clear expectations around move on, support plans subject to regular reviews
• Provide a range and levels of support responding to need e.g. intensive to less intensive one-to-one, looking at social and community links and next steps
• Tenancy support - assist people to live or move on to more independent living and ensure the support and resources are in place to give the tenancy the best chance of success
• Flexible one-to-one, group work, and peer support across the city - Community development role linking in with community-based services and peer-led groups/activity
• Pathway to volunteering, training and employment – linking with Working Well and other Mental Health employment programmes
• Evidence based monitoring of service user progress
• Provide step down from care co-ordination – secondary services, reducing the need for ongoing or high-cost care package
• Provide interventions, opportunities and support in line with service users identified needs; this involves both 1-to-1 support and group work

About Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff and delivers services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Application and Benefits

Please see attached job description and person specification.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Nov 2025