Community Mental Health Support Worker
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- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- 18
- Hours / week
- 18
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health Support Worker to join the Cowal and Bute Community Mental Health Team. You will support individuals with mental health difficulties in the community, assisting with care plans, therapeutic activities, and monitoring wellbeing. The role requires working effectively within a multidisciplinary team and independently under supervision. Good communication, compassion, and a commitment to recovery-focused practice are essential.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £29,103 – £31,409 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
258142
Salary:
Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
Job closing date:
20/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
MENTAL HEALTH (Inpatients, Community, Community MH and Crisis, Prison Health Care, Mental Health and Addiction, Addiction Services, Alcohol and Drug Recovery, CAMHS, Inpatients)
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
18
Job posted date:
28/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Highland
Department:
Mental Health (Cowal & Bute)
Job Advert
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Support Worker to join the Cowal and Bute Community Mental Health Team. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team supporting individuals experiencing a range of mental health difficulties within the community setting.
The successful candidate will support the delivery of safe, person-centred care and assist service users to achieve identified recovery goals and maintain independence within their local community. Duties will include supporting care plans, engaging individuals in therapeutic and recovery-focused activities, monitoring wellbeing, and working collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies.
The post requires the ability to work effectively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team while also being confident to work independently under
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