CAMHS Day Patient Healthcare Support Workers
The closing date is 18 February 2026
Job summary
Join us in developing a new CAMHS Day Patient service for young people. This provision bridges the gap between inpatient care and intensive community support, offering compassionate, recovery focused help for young people and their families in Leicestershire.
We are recruiting five Healthcare Support Workers to join the team at the Beacon Unit in Leicester, working alongside nurses, doctors, psychologists and occupational therapists to support day patients aged 1317. We offer training, development and a supportive environment, and were looking for caring, motivated individuals with CAMHS or acute mental health inpatient experience.
The service provides structured therapeutic programmes, multidisciplinary input and a nurturing space where young people can stabilise, build resilience and stay connected to home and school. Many will have emotional regulation difficulties, trauma histories, ASD, intellectual disabilities or high risk behaviours.
What we offer:
- A chance to help shape a new service
- A supportive, forward thinking team
- Training, supervision and career development
- A focus on innovation and high quality care
Who were looking for:
- Compassionate, committed individuals
- Experience within CAMHS
- Collaborative and adaptable team members
- Passion for improving outcomes for young people
Main duties of the job
- Working within a multi-disciplinary team to assess the needs of CYP alongside registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, an Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist, Psychologist and Peer Support.
- With support from nursing colleagues, planning, delivering and overseeing various aspects of care, treatment and therapy interventions, to support the mental and physical health needs of the day patients.
- Working with young people and their families/ carers to develop holistic care plans / treatment interventions.
- Supporting full programme Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (training included).
- Working with other agencies in a collaborative way to manage risk. Working within a team who prioritise compassion, adaptability and creativity.
- Line management responsibilities.
- Assessing and responding to risk.
You will be required to work 12-hour shifts either 3 or 4 times a week, between the hours 0f 08:00-20:00 across 7 days Monday to Sunday 365 days a year. Health Care Support Workers work on a shift rotational basis to provide care to our patients across all 7 days.
We try and accommodate individual needs through flexible working but cant guarantee we can accommodate every request.
For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
11 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
005773
Job locations
Beacon Unit
Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Beacon Unit
Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer's website
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