Community Mental Health Support Worker

**Main area**
- Clinical Support Worker

**Grade**

Band 3

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

**Job ref**

373-SMH2498

**Site**
- Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre

**Town**

Macclesfield

**Salary**

£24,937 - £26,598 per annum

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

23/10/2025 23:59

**Job overview**:
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of older adults?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Support Worker to join our dynamic Community Mental Health Team. In this role, you'll provide high quality, compassionate care to older adults with both dementia and functional mental health conditions. You'll work collaboratively with a well established team to deliver personalised treatment plans and provide support to patients and carers as they navigate complex mental health challenges. The role may also involve occasional working with working age adults to support the wider goals of the service.

This is a rewarding and fulfilling position, perfect for a dedicated person wishing to develop skills and advance their career while making a significant difference in the community.

We would welcome informal discussions about the role should you wish to contact us.

**Main duties of the job**:
Clinical Support Workers are responsible for the delivery of care and support for service users within the community mental health setting and reporting on the service users wellbeing under the guidance of a registered mental health practitioner.

You will also be responsible for the delivery of a range of therapeutic interventions and other aspects of the service user’s care plan under the guidance of a registered mental health practitioner.

You will liaise with all agencies necessary to the health and wellbeing of the service user and their carers.

**Working for our organisation**:
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge and experience

**Knowledge & Expertise**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Basic risk and mental health assessment
- Record keeping

**Desirable criteria**:

- Basic clinical skills: - Venepuncture - ECG Recording - Clinical Observations
- Delivery of brief interventions for healthy lifestyle promotion: - Smoking cessation - Alcohol reduction - Healthy eating - Activity and exercise

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of mental health difficulties - either lived experience or as a lay or professional carer.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working within a community care setting
- Experience of working with