Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker
The closing date is 05 July 2026.
We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Senior Mental Health Support Worker to join our T4 Day service pilot project at Wareham Hospital. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work within a specialist, multidisciplinary team providing evidence‑based intervention to individuals experiencing eating disorders and other mental health difficulties. You will work in partnership with service users, families, and carers to support recovery and promote wellbeing within community settings.
Main duties of the job
You will have specific responsibilities to undertake a range of delegated clinical duties involving direct and indirect care to patients under minimal supervision and as directed by the qualified staff team. Following personal development planning and targeted training you will be in a position to work more autonomously in supporting patients. You will be supported by a career development pathway and as a result, you will develop a broad underpinning knowledge base at intermediate level and have the ability to evaluate information and communicate with a range of professionals.
This service is commissioned by the South West Provider Collaborative.
Job details
This is a fixed term role. For those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Care and equivalent skills acquired through experience working in a healthcare setting.
- Maths / English level 2 or equivalent (GCSE C/4 or above).
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject (e.g., psychology, social policy, health sciences) at 2:2 or above.
Knowledge / Experience
- Experience working with young people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity.
- Experience working in the community with mental health.
- Experience running groups/activities.
- Experience working as part of a team.
Skills
- Ability to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, and their families and carers.
- Ability to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, once trained and under clinical supervision.
- Ability to prioritise workload according to peoples’ changing needs and the priorities of the team.
Other
- Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
£28,392 to £31,157 a year (pro rata for part time)
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