# Senior Community Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Wickford
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 19.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23T12:22:10.796Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Clacton/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_mental_health/Community_mental_health-v8096881
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8096881?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated Community Support Workers to join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) as locally we invest in the development of our staff and as we play a lead role in the ‘Think Ahead’ initiative.  EPUT is a highly successful and ambitious organisation dedicated to providing mental health services, substance misuse services and other specialist award winning services to a population of approximately 2.5million throughout Essex, Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

### Main duties of the job

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Community Support Worker to join the community teams based in Clacton, Essex.  The teams use a multi-disciplinary approach to provide care, promote recovery, independence and social inclusion seven days per week for people of all ages who are experiencing a mental health illness living in the Tendring Districts.  This is an excellent opportunity to develop and further skills working with this client group in the community.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will work with service users and their carers under the direction of a senior member of the team to provide regular practical support as identified in the care plan.  You will support and enable the service user to develop and maintain independence whilst promoting recovery.

## Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated Community Support Workers to join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) as locally we invest in the development of our staff and as we play a lead role in the ‘Think Ahead’ initiative. EPUT is a highly successful and ambitious organisation dedicated to providing mental health services, substance misuse services and other specialist award winning services to a population of approximately 2.5million throughout Essex, Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

## Job Description

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Community Support Worker to join the community teams based in Clacton, Essex. The teams use a multi-disciplinary approach to provide care, promote recovery, independence and social inclusion seven days per week for people of all ages who are experiencing a mental health illness living in the Tendring Districts. This is an excellent opportunity to develop and further skills working with this client group in the community.

## Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work with service users and their carers under the direction of a senior member of the team to provide regular practical support as identified in the care plan. You will support and enable the service user to develop and maintain independence whilst promoting recovery.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience

### qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualifications

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990)
- [job description (pdf, 752.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399119)
- [person specification (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399120)
- [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853)
- [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355)
- [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659)
- [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849)
- [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451)

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