Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Community Support Worker

The closing date is 23 October 2025

Job summary

The post holder will work as part of the specialist Community Younger People with Dementia team, offering support to clinical staff, service users and their carers. Visits are mostly offered in service users homes or localities across Northamptonshire, therefore car driver and own transport is essential.

The post holder will be expected to manage an autonomous caseload, offering interventions as agreed by the Care Co-ordinator.

The post holder will also be required to undertake Physical Health Checks (PHC's) (e.g. Blood pressure and weight and pulse) Feed back to Nurse Prescriber within the team.

Ability to work with service users with a progressive neurological condition- supporting them to live well in the community with dementia this will involve working closely with the Occupational Therapist.

Main duties of the job

Support service users to live well with Dementia and remain as independent as possible.

Support the Occupational Therapist - with collating information re groups and offering support in the groups as required.

To enable the service user to access community resources, which would include accompanying service users to groups until settled- Planned approach regularly reviewed.

To support and educate the service user and their families and carers as to local and national resources available.
To support and help completing forms for benefits as these are working age people and the diagnosis would affect all aspects of functioning.
Communication is an integral part of the role needed to work closely with service users and their families.
Need to be computer literate able to complete accurate records on the clinical notes. Creating easy read resources and communicating with service users about group events planned by the team.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

20 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

270-TG425-MH

Job locations

York House

.Isebrook Hospital -Irthlingborough Road

Wellingborough

NN81LP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

YPD

Essential

Car driver and own transport essential
Level 3 NVQ or equivalent Health or Social Care or equivalent Experience.
Good time management and organisational skills.
Good computer skills.

Desirable

Community experience

Dementia

Essential

Experience of working with people with Dementia

Desirable

Community experience

Person Specification

YPD

Essential

Car driver and own transport essential
Level 3 NVQ or equivalent Health or Social Care or equivalent Experience.
Good time management and organisational skills.
Good computer skills.

Desirable

Community experience

Dementia

Essential

Experience of working with people with Dementia

Desirable

Community experience

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.