# Support Worker - Mental Health Support Team

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bodmin
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term contract or Secondment Opportunity)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T10:40:15.002Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Various_Cornwall/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Support_Worker/Support_Worker-v8083864
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8083864?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Mental Health Support Team is an early intervention service designed to support Cornwall's primary schools in their efforts to address Children's Mental Health.

The MHST Whole school approach,  support worker role is an exciting  development to expand our reach and increase the number of schools we can support. The role will cover a designated area of Cornwall (i.e. Carrick / Penwith/Restormal, Cardon and Upper Tamar) and the ability to travel to schools in these areas is an essential requirement.

Please be aware that unfortunately  relocation support is not available for this role.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

### Main duties of the job

Support workers will work closely with our qualified staff to deliver specific whole school intervention to schools. A significant amount of group work practice is envisaged and full support and training will be given to enable workers to deliver a selected range of psychoeducational or supportive interventions. Initially this work will be jointly delivered but over time the support worker will feel equipped to  deliver these interventions independently.

Regular supervision will be offered as will opportunities for involvement in project work.

It is hoped that with the expansion whole school approach workers will be in a strong position to apply for a trainee Mental health in School Worker training to support the expansion into 100% of schools in Cornwall.

- Please note: This opportunity is open to internal candidates within Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust. If you do not currently work for this NHS organisation, your application will not be considered at this time.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge and abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to engage young people to participate in developing the service.

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of the affects of mental health or learning disability issues on children and young people.

### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

**Essential**

- NVQ 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent experience working with Children and Young people in a mental health service.
- Experience of initiating and facilitating social, leisure and enabling activities with service users.

**Desirable**

- A basic understanding of current National Guidelines and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- Anxiety management.
- Group Facilitation skills.

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [job description (pdf, 688.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10376422)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10376423)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)

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