Health Care Assistant: UK Sponsorship Available

Destinydot; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-regarded healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Health Care Assistant to join their Adult Community Mental Health Services Team. The role involves supporting adults with mental health concerns and offers competitive pay along with career development opportunities. Essential qualifications include a commitment to personal growth and strong communication skills. Sponsorship options are available for eligible candidates.

Benefits

Competitive income

Staff benefits package

Career development and training

Qualifications

• Experience in team-based mental health services delivery.
• Knowledge of mental health issues.
• Trained in venipuncture or open to receiving training.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to adults with mental health concerns.
• Work within the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team.

Skills

Dedication to Ongoing Personal Growth

Fundamental abilities in written communication

Effective listening and strong verbal communication abilities

Creative ways to empower service users

Education

Mental Health Certificate Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 Qualification

Job description

Explore Health Care Assistant roles in the UK with sponsorship options available. Join a rewarding career in healthcare today!

Overview of the Job

Joining our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Stevenage is a fantastic opportunity for a Health Care Assistant.

The region is well-served by transport to London and other places, as well as to historic Hertfordshire and its beautiful countryside. Someone who is enthusiastic in providing care to adults with mental health concerns is what we are searching for.

The Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is a remarkable company with lofty goals: to become the nation’s premier provider of specialised learning disability and mental health services.

Working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust entitles you to a competitive income, a staff benefits package, and first-rate career development and training.

Even though the NHS is going through a difficult moment, joining HPFT has never been more exciting. As we continue to innovate, enhance, transform, and provide the greatest calibre of care to the communities and service users we serve, we are embarking on a “Good to Great” journey.

Qualifications

Essential

• Dedication to Ongoing Personal Growth

Desirable

• Mental Health Certificate Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 Qualification, or consent to pursue such training as soon as funding allows

Experience

Essential

• Experience in team-based mental health services delivery, which can be coupled with firsthand knowledge of mental health issues

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Fundamental abilities in written communication
• Effective listening and strong verbal communication abilities
• The capacity to come up with creative ways to empower service users

Desirable

• Trained in venipuncture (or open to receiving training)
• Fundamental First Aid Knowledge
• Disclosure and Barring Service Verification

Because this position is governed by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, a disclosure request must be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously CRB) in order to look up any prior criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

All applications will be taken into consideration, including those from job searchers who need sponsorship as an existing skilled worker in order to work in the UK. Visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) for more details.

A criminal record certificate from each nation where the skilled worker has lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more during the previous 10 years must be shown by the application for entrance clearance into the UK as of April 6, 2017. This condition also applies to adult dependents, who must be at least eighteen years old. Advice is available here. Verification of criminal histories for foreign candidates (Opens in a new tab).

Date of Closing: November 10, 2025