Healthcare Support Worker - Community Intensive Rehabilitation Team

Job summary

There is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Worker to work within Adult Mental Health Community Intensive Rehabilitation Team for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be part of the Community Intensive Rehabilitation Team (CIRT), which provides a range of rehabilitation focused assessment and intervention for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems who are based in the community.

You will work alongside a welcoming and friendly multi-disciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, a Psychology Lead, and experienced Support Workers.

If you've worked as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA), your skills transfer directly as a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) across mental and physical health.

At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

If you are new to healthcare, we will place you on a HCSW induction programme to ensure that you are fully trained and supported to perform the role. The programme will last for up to 6 months and during this period of training you will be paid a salary of 25,272. On completion of your training period your salary will rise to 25,760 as per the advert.

Main duties of the job

• We are looking for someone with an understanding of the recovery model and a rehabilitation focused approach.
• To work as a member of the team providing Rehabilitation services to patients in the community.
• To be available to work flexibly across a 5 day a week service with some required weekend working.
• To assist in the delivery of high standards of care to individual clients under the direction of a qualified nurse, occupational therapist or social worker, Psychologist.
• To carry out assigned tasks identified for patients in the crisis care plan in consultation with senior members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To demonstrate an empathic understanding of mental health problems and issues.
• To contribute and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• To accompany and support patients to appointments and act as an advocate where appropriate.
• To participate in social, recreational, therapeutic activities with patients and carers.
• To provide assistance to family and carers in coping with demands placed on them by the patient.
• To carry out observations as per individual care plans and clients' needs.
• To accurately document mental state assessments in clients' case notes.
• To record all contacts with clients in case notes.
• To have a knowledge of risk management and to utilise tools in accordance with Trust policy.
• To be aware of and work to the principles of the Mental Health Act (1983).

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 21 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 3
• Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 348-SYN-12914
• Job locations: St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth), Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.