Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

Are you seeking an opportunity to join a forward-thinking Trust, with great career opportunities and excellent training, where you can be challenged but rewarded and provide the standard of care to really make a difference every day. If the answer is yes, we want you to join our team.

We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic person to become part of our friendly and supportive teams in Witham Court for Functional and Dementia Units within the Older Adults and Frailty Division. We are seeking healthcare support workers, those who really want to 'make a difference', with the Trust values at the core of patient care.

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

  • Implementation of care plans and care packages to service users experiencing severe mental illness and/or mental health problems.
  • Participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of high-quality care through involvement in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
  • Supporting the service user, their carers and the wider professional team.
  • Actively promoting a caring attitude at all times, treating patients/service users with dignity and respect

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.

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

274-11631-OA

Job locations

Witham Court

Fen Lane

North Hykeham

LN6 8UZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details regarding the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details regarding the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • Certificate in Community Mental Health ECDL

Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Skills

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Immediate life support Venepuncture
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • Certificate in Community Mental Health ECDL

Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Skills

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Immediate life support 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 details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Witham Court

Fen Lane

North Hykeham

LN6 8UZ


Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Witham Court

Fen Lane

North Hykeham

LN6 8UZ


Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager Langworth Ward

Ken Mbonzongwana

k.mbonzongwana@nhs.net

01522309644

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

274-11631-OA

Job locations

Witham Court

Fen Lane

North Hykeham

LN6 8UZ


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