Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Support Worker - IMHT East Staffs

The closing date is 28 August 2025

Job summary

Band 3 - Mental Health Community Support Worker

Are you a Community Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our East Staffordshire Integrated Mental Health Team based in Burton on Trent

The Integrated Mental Health teams work as part of a 'neighbourhood' offering place based provision of mental health services in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the IMHT will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs.

Working Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm and requires travel across a large geographical area, access to suitable transport is required during your working hours.

Main duties of the job

  • You will be responsible for the provision of planned recovery focused care working with a defined caseload.
  • Working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service users in the Integrated Mental Health Teams
  • Responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting service-users access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.
  • Deliver agreed therapeutic interventions, in accordance with the care plan, to assist the service user to achieve their recovery goals including; improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health promotion and physical health promotion.
  • Undertake physical health assessments including; weight, height, blood pressure, ECG & phlebotomy.
  • Responsible for contributing towards planning and undertaking delivery of planned therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users as an element of the care programme approach.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

  • Supporting your career development and progression
  • Excellent NHS Pension scheme
  • Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Options for flexible working
  • Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
  • Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
  • If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
  • Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
  • Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
  • Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
  • Free car parking at all trust sites
  • Free flu vaccinations every year
  • Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Details

Date posted

14 August 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

Reference number

301-JC-25-7352557

Job locations

Horninglow Clinic

Carlton Street

Burton-On-Trent

DE13 0TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Job description

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Advanced Apprenticeship in (Mental) health and Social Care OR NVQ 3 in (Mental) Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills) OR equivalent i.e Health social care qualification at least equivalent to the above that equips the person with the necessary knowledge, skill and competencies

Desirable

  • Phlebotomy

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people with Mental Health Needs non-Dementia related

Desirable

  • Experience of being a service user with non-dementia related mental health problems or a carer of someone with non-dementia related mental health problems
  • Experience of working with people with Mental Health Needs as a member of a multi- disciplinary community team
  • Experience of co-facilitating group based interventions

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion
  • Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology
  • Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one's own emotions, and an ability to manage one's own
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Advanced Apprenticeship in (Mental) health and Social Care OR NVQ 3 in (Mental) Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills) OR equivalent i.e Health social care qualification at least equivalent to the above that equips the person with the necessary knowledge, skill and competencies

Desirable

  • Phlebotomy

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people with Mental Health Needs non-Dementia related

Desirable

  • Experience of being a service user with non-dementia related mental health problems or a carer of someone with non-dementia related mental health problems
  • Experience of working with people with Mental Health Needs as a member of a multi- disciplinary community team
  • Experience of co-facilitating group based interventions

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion
  • Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology
  • Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one's own emotions, and an ability to manage one's own

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

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horninglow Clinic

Carlton Street

Burton-On-Trent

DE13 0TF


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horninglow Clinic

Carlton Street

Burton-On-Trent

DE13 0TF


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Neighbourhood Lead

Yasmine Girling

Yasmine.Girling@mpft.nhs.uk

03003033427

Details

Date posted

14 August 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

Reference number

301-JC-25-7352557

Job locations

Horninglow Clinic

Carlton Street

Burton-On-Trent

DE13 0TF


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)