Senior Mental Health Support Worker

NHS; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for a Senior Mental Health Support Worker. The role focuses on delivering compassionate, high-standard patient care within high dependency rehabilitation services, working in a supportive team environment to promote recovery and integration for service users. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a patient-centered approach.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Wide range of training and promotion opportunities

Active staff networks and diversity support

Qualifications

• Previous relevant experience at HCSW grade within health and social care.
• Skills in physical healthcare interventions like urine analysis and phlebotomy.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Promote independence and support ongoing recovery for patients.
• Participate in training and clinical supervision.

Skills

Effective communication

Patient and empathic approach

Planning and organisation skills

De-escalation Skills

Skills related to physical healthcare interventions

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent

NVQ Level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent

Certificate in Community Mental Health

Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards

Job description

Go back Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Mental Health Support Worker

The closing date is 08 July 2025

The Fens has a new and exciting opportunity for a keen, enthusiastic and experienced Senior Healthcare Support Worker. We are looking to recruit an experienced Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker who holds pride in providing outstanding and compassionate care towards patients within our service.

Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates with a "can-do" attitude to deliver the Trust's Vision and Values and help to improve our patient experience within high dependency rehabilitation services. This is an exciting and challenging role which will afford the successful candidate to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidence-based practice.

The Fens provides assessment and intervention for men with severe and enduring mental ill-health in a locked environment to support their ongoing recovery and social integration. The whole service is focused on working towards independence and recovery to enable service users to regain health and mental wellness, to live well in the community.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes, we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

Working collaboratively with the nursing team to provide a high standard of care to the patients, ensuing their voices are heard and their care is person centred.

Escorting patients to appointments and visits

Spending 1:1 therapeutic time with the patients

To work within the policies, protocols, and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team.

To liaise with the nurses and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi-disciplinary mental health team.

To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses

Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.

Attend in-service training and other study/refresher days to meet individual, statutory, and service needs.

To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills

Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff.

Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users.

Always act in a manner to promotes and safeguards the interests and well-being of patients.

Actively promote a responsible, caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect.

Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of any form of abuse, and report abuse.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job responsibilities

To work within the policies, protocols, and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team.

To liaise with the nurses and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi-disciplinary mental health team.

To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses.

Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs.

Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.

Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions.

Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes.

Attend in-service training and other study/refresher days to meet individual, statutory, and service needs.

Participate in performance reviews.

To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.

Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff.

Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users.

Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities regarding patients property and valuables, respecting cultural values.

Always act in a manner to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients.

Actively promote a responsible, caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect.

To report any incident that does not comply with the Trust policy regarding incident reporting.

Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures.

Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities.

Maintain good order and cleanliness in the Unit

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement.
• Certificate in Community Mental Health
• ECDL

Experience

• Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a HCSW grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
• Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Skills

• A patient and empathic approach.
• Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
• Clear accurate clinical note keeping
• Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results
• De-escalation Skills.
• Planning and organisation skills.
• Venepuncture

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust