Community Support Worker | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Community Support Worker to join their Intensive Community Assessment & Treatment Team. The ideal candidate will work with individuals with an Intellectual Disability, providing support within the community. Responsibilities include clinical assessments, facilitating therapeutic treatments, and engaging with multidisciplinary teams. A full UK driving licence is required. This role offers an opportunity to make a difference in people's lives while ensuring holistic care.

Benefits

Access to employee-led staff networks

Commitment to health and wellbeing

Environmental performance initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with an Intellectual Disability and/or Autism.
• Ability to manage risk appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Provide holistic advice and health education.
• Exercise clinical judgement and manage risk.
• Facilitate therapeutic treatments for individuals.
• Record clinical observations timely.
• Liaise with health and social care professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Sound assessment and care-planning skills

Experience in multi-disciplinary working

Ability to exercise clinical judgement

Resilience and positivity

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Support Worker to join our well established Intensive Community Assessment & Treatment Team based in Nottinghamshire. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and energy who wants to make a difference to people’s lives; is creative, innovative and highly motivated.

ICATT provides a rapid, short term assessment and treatment service for people with an Intellectual Disability who challenge services and may have additional mental health needs. The team seeks to provide an alternative to hospital admission where appropriate, enabling service users to receive treatment and care within their own homes, remain involved in their care as part of their own community and therefore minimising the disruption of their lives and the lives of those caring for them.

The post would suit someone who has a sound knowledge of and experience in working with people with an Intellectual Disability. You will be required to work with a delegated caseload and carry out relevant physical and mental health observations and interventions, to undertake nursing, therapy and social activities, support and monitoring of service users living in the community.

Responsibilities

• Participate fully as a multidisciplinary team member working in partnership with social care and voluntary/independent sector providers.
• Provide holistic advice and health education to service users, their carers and community support agencies.
• Exercise clinical judgement in respect of assessing and managing risk, delivering a safe, timely, caring and responsive service.
• Facilitate time‑limited therapeutic treatments and care for individuals on the delegated caseload.
• Record and report clinical observations, noting any physical and mental health changes in a timely manner.
• Liaise closely with other health and social care professionals, as well as patients’ families and carers.

Qualifications and Experience

• Excellent communication skills.
• Sound assessment and care‑planning skills.
• Experience in multi‑disciplinary working and supporting people with an Intellectual Disability and/or Autism.
• Ability to exercise clinical judgement and manage risk appropriately.
• Resilience and positivity in facing challenges.

Benefits and Working Conditions

• Part of TeamNottsHC, comprising over 11,000 dedicated colleagues across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.
• Access to a variety of employee‑led staff networks (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Green Champions, Freedom to Speak Up, Health and Wellbeing Champions, Menopause Champions).
• Strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of colleagues, including in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services.
• Commitment to reducing carbon emissions and enhanced environmental performance.

Additional Information

• Full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use required (reasonable adjustments for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010).
• Applicants will be required to pay for the DBS check; costs are deducted from salary over the first two months of employment (£26.40 standard or £54.40 enhanced).
• Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa cannot be sponsored; consider the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria.
• Note: this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa and the Trust would not sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

This advert closes on Monday 10 Nov 2025.