Community Mental Health Support Worker- Restormel CMHT
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Community Mental Health Support Worker within the Restormel iCMHT, based in St Austell. You will provide practical and emotional support to individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions in the community, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The position requires frequent travel throughout the county, making driving essential. You will help service users access appropriate services and monitor their mental health.
Key responsibilities
- Foster and maintain good working relations with the integrated Community Mental Health Teams and other services.
- Establish and maintain effect contact with service users, their relatives and carers in order to ensure good communication.
- Give information and assistance to service users and their carers so that they are aware of their rights, entitlements from the team and wider health and social care community.
- Use of appropriate community resources appropriate to the needs of the service user.
- Practice in a way that actively minimizes dependency and promotes recovery.
- Monitor mental health and be aware of fluctuations in mental health through observations and report changes to the team practitioners.
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 in healthcare or equivalent qualification or experience
- Must be willing to undertake relevant training
- IT literacy
- A basic understanding of current National Guidelines and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements
- Working with clients with a range of mental health problems.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of CBT methodology
- Working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Support Worker- Restormel CMHT
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The position will be for the successful applicant to work within the Restormel iCMHT based in St Austell and covering the Restormel district, including surrounding areas, Newquay & Clays areas. The successful applicant will be expected to work in the Community with individuals with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Conditions.
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of service users.
You will provide a range of services including practical and emotional support to individual service users as indicated by the individual care plans provided by their lead health care professionals.
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; therefore, driving is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
- Foster and maintain good working relations with the integrated Community Mental Health Teams and other services.
- Work within the CMHT across the Mid Cornwall Locality
- Establish and maintain effect contact with service users, their relatives and carers in order to ensure good communication.
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