Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Support Worker

The closing date is 03 November 2025

Job summary

Join Our Team at Maple Lodge - Where Kindness Meets Purpose

Are you passionate about mental health care?

Looking for a challenge and a chance to truly make a difference?

Maple Lodge is a friendly, purpose-built 15-bed rehabilitation unit in Boston, supporting adults with enduring mental health needs.

We help individuals regain independence, improve quality of life, and live well in their communities.

We're proud of our compassionate, values-led team. We work collaboratively, with kindness and respect at the heart of everything we do.

Our service is actively engaged in the Culture of Care project, a national initiative that brings innovation through culturally informed, autism-sensitive, and trauma-informed approaches to care.

As part of our team, you'll:

  • Deliver high-quality, person-centred care
  • Support recovery and social inclusion
  • Be part of an innovative, forward-thinking service
  • Work in a supportive environment where everyone is valued

If you're ready to be part of something meaningful, we'd love to hear from you.

Applicants must meet the job specification and be able to work flexible hours including nights, weekends, and bank holidays.

For more information, please contact: Melanie Hutchinson, Ward Manager

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

Under the supervision of a registered nurse participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of high-quality care within a ward environment, through involvement in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

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

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work.

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 are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future.

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. As well as all the usual NHS benefits, LPFT also provides an enhanced benefits package including early access to psychological support and physiotherapy, support with transport and travel, financial wellbeing packages and discounts.

Details

Date posted

16 October 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

274-11733-AI

Job locations

Maple Lodge

Toot Lane, PE21 0AX

Boston

PE21 0AX


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

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 and Competences

Essential

  • Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
  • IT skills.
  • Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results.
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 and Competences

Essential

  • Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
  • IT skills.
  • Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results.

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

Maple Lodge

Toot Lane, PE21 0AX

Boston

PE21 0AX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maple Lodge

Toot Lane, PE21 0AX

Boston

PE21 0AX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Melanie Hutchinson

Melanie.hutchinson@nhs.net

01205354900

Details

Date posted

16 October 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

274-11733-AI

Job locations

Maple Lodge

Toot Lane, PE21 0AX

Boston

PE21 0AX


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