Older Persons Community Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
As a Community Support Worker, you will join the Community Mental Health Team for Older People, supporting older adults with various mental health conditions like dementia, depression, and anxiety. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide recovery-focused, person-centred care within the community. The role involves helping individuals maintain independence, improve wellbeing, and achieve personal recovery goals in their homes or residential settings.
Key responsibilities
- Support older adults with functional and organic mental health conditions within the community.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
- Assist clinicians in implementing care plans and recovery-focused interventions.
- Visit service users in their own homes, community settings, and inpatient units.
- Monitor mental health and wellbeing, reporting any concerns or changes to the clinical team.
- Develop therapeutic relationships with service users, carers, and families.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with older people or within mental health services
- Experience of working with multiple professionals
- Has full UK driving licence
- Has access to a car with work use insurance
- Qualification in health and social care- level 2 or 3
- Qualifications relating to health or social care e.g. Dementia awareness
- Good written language skills
- Evidence of being able to use IT
Desirable criteria
- Working with NHS setting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £22,668 – £24,178 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Older Persons Community Support Worker
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Community Mental Health Team for Older People (CMHTOP), Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
As a Support Worker, you will be a valued member of the Community Mental Health Team for Older People, supporting older adults with a range of mental health conditions, including dementia, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and other functional or organic mental health illnesses.
You will work alongside nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and support staff to provide recovery-focused, person-centred care within the community. The role involves supporting individuals to maintain independence, improve wellbeing, and achieve their personal recovery goals while living in their own homes or residential settings.
Skills and Qualities Required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Compassionate and person-centred approach to care.
- Ability to build positive therapeutic relationships.
- Good organisational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding, and professional boundaries.
- Commitment to supporting older adults experiencing mental illness.
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