# Healthcare Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Guild Lodge
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T09:00:33.110Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8379377
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8379377?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

*****Please note this role is not open to sponsorship*****

This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Healthcare support Worker to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team. The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team offer 7days support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.

The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.

There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake shift work as part of their role. Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.

### Main duties of the job

To assist in the provision of assessment, care and treatment for those with a diagnosis of moderate to severe mental illness who are experiencing a mental health crisis, with a relapse in symptoms and risk to themselves and others, as an alternative to hospital admission, and to facilitate early discharge from psychiatric in-patient settings.

The post holder is expected to contribute and support the day to day functioning of this service, and the post holder would have the opportunity to work creatively within the team to meet the demands and needs of the service and the service-users.

The post holder would work without direct supervision on completion of their initial induction programme.

Support to carry out this role would be provided by the management, clinical and staff team.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer’s and the wider community
- Awareness of evidence based practice
- Ability to influence and inspire innovative and effective practice in others.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialities.
- The ability to work as part of a team.
- To have knowledge of the cultures and religions of the communities of Lancashire.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Higher education studies certificate
- NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
- Certificate in Mental Health

## Documents

- [jdps (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708011)
- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)

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