Community Support Worker – Penwith

Company: Nhs-
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Location: Hayle
Job Description:

Main area Adult Community Care Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time – 22 hours per week (This is a 7 day a week service, Including weekends and bank holidays)

Site Hayle Community Centre Town Hayle Salary £25,760 – £27,476 Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you able to motivate service users to achieve their goals? Are you looking for a rewarding role, supporting others to regain confidence? Would you like to support members of your community to maximise their independence?

Community Support Workers work with our multidisciplinary integrated team in Penwith (Penzance, Hayle, Marazion and St Ives and the surrounding areas) delivering reablement and rehabilitation as part of a collaboration between community, acute and social care providers.

The reablement approach supports people to return to or remain in their homes. We are looking for candidates with the ability to motivate individuals in order to aid their recovery and maximise their independence, achieve their goals and get home from hospital quicker!

You will be part of a dedicated team and will be provided with bespoke training to support your development in this role. You will need to demonstrate good communication skills and a positive approach to older people who may have communication difficulties or who may have challenging and complex health needs including frailty.

The team provides a 7 day a week service to community patients.

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 must demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose for this post is to provide a versatile and responsive service to ensure that opportunities for patients’ reablement are optimised within the community setting.

The reablement workers within the locality form part of an Integrated Care Pathway for older patients that involves a range of services to prevent hospital admission and support discharge from hospital.

The post holder will be expected to deliver packages of care to patients in their own home; this may also include residential homes and nursing homes.

The post holder will be expected to be flexible in working patterns to meet the needs of the service and will be rostered to provide the required service.

Access Requirements

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. Only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

  • Cornwall Foundation Trust
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

Education, Qualifications & Experience

  • NVQ Level 3 qualification in care or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of experience in care setting
  • Additional relevant training in Healthcare

Skills and Aptitude

  • Ability to work without direct supervision and within time restraints
  • Ability to plan own workload and organise required activities

Personal Qualities

  • The ability to deal calmly with stress and distressing situations

Benefits

  • Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
  • Protected CPD time for registered staff
  • Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
  • Leadership and Management development programmes
  • Coaching and mentoring opportunities
  • A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
  • Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
  • A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
  • Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
  • Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
  • Free DBS checks where required
  • Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status

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Posted: June 4th, 2026