Community Integration Lead — Specialist Support

Look Ahead Care and Support; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave up to 30 days

Pension up to 8%

Life assurance

Blue Light Card

Induction

ILM courses

Apprenticeships

Cycle to work

EAP

Job summary

Look Ahead Care and Support in Kingston is seeking a compassionate Specialist Support Worker, Community Integration lead, to support adults within our Forensic Mental Health service.

The role involves holding a small caseload, co-producing support plans, building community links, and enabling moves from hospital routines to independent community life. Salary: £32,000 per annum, 40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adults with complex mental health, social care, housing or criminal-justice needs.
• Engaging, persistent and respectful approach with people who may not immediately want support.
• Ability to balance independence and positive risk-taking with safeguarding and statutory conditions.
• Confidence approaching local organisations, building partnerships and turning ideas into opportunities.
• Good support-planning, recording and communication skills, with curiosity about behaviour and disengagement.
• Willingness to be active in the community with customers rather than office-based support.

Responsibilities

• Hold a small keyworking caseload and co-produce support, risk, crisis, relapse-prevention and progression plans.
• Build strong, boundaried relationships with customers who may be ambivalent or anxious about change.
• Map and build relationships with community organisations to provide real routes into local life.
• Assess barriers to participation including transport, finances and social anxiety.
• Develop graded plans from accompanied activity to independent use of local services and opportunities.
• Work with the team to plan positive risk-taking and community access with contingencies.

Skills

Experience with complex mental health

Empathetic approach

Safeguarding & risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication & recording

Community engagement

Job description

Look Ahead Care and Support in Kingston is seeking a compassionate Specialist Support Worker, Community Integration lead, to support adults within our Forensic Mental Health service.

The role involves holding a small caseload, co-producing support plans, building community links, and enabling moves from hospital routines to independent community life. Salary: £32,000 per annum, 40 hours per week.