The closing date is 9th Aug 2026
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Job summary
These exciting opportunities will enable you to gain more experience of supporting people to develop, retain or regain independent living skills that have been disrupted through the experience of living with mental illness.
Early Intervention in Psychosis Team You will support the service user with their mental and physical health using NICE recommended interventions for psychosis and to support service users in the transition from Inpatient to Community setting. Mental Health work experience is required for this role.
Assertive Outreach Team to work collaboratively with Care Coordinators to co-produce good quality assessments and interventions to service users who are experiencing severe mental illness and find it difficult to engage with mainstream services. This is 22.5 hours a week.
Homeless Healthcare-You'll build trusting relationships, offer day to day support, and help individuals access healthcare, housing, and recovery pathways supporting people facing homelessness, mental ill health, and substance use. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. This is 30 hours a week.
Crisis resolution and home treatment team supports individuals who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and who require intensive input in order to remain in the community, averting hospital admission where possible. Whilst also supporting individuals along their journey through the Acute Care Pathway from the hospital environment to home. Service hours are Mon-Fri 9-5 or 2-10 with alternate weekends.
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Main duties, tasks & skills required
Come and join Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker in Southampton!
You'll work closely with patients, their families and carers, playing a vital part in ensuring everyone who uses our services has a positive and supportive experience. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll work alongside nurses, activity coordinators, social workers and occupational therapists, offering you a unique chance to learn from different specialties every day.
You'll bring compassion and commitment, and we'll equip you with:
- A structured induction
- On-the-job training
- Opportunities to complete recognised care qualifications
- Access to career development
At present we are unable to offer sponsorship.
These roles all require use of a car with a full UK driving license.
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About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a recently established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
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Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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Person specification
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Qualifications
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Essential
Level 2 qualification or equivalent in a relevant area gained through experience, on the job training, short courses and completion of work based competencies
Completed care certificate, in the process or willingness to work towards the care certificate.
Full UK driving license and use of a car.
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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.
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For help with your application, contact:
Vicky Gardiner
[email protected]
02381031521
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Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
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Band
Band 3
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Salary
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£25760.00 to £27476.00 Yearly
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Contract
Permanent
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Working pattern
Part-Time, Full-Time
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Reference number
348-SYN-11993
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Job locations
College Keep
4-12 Terminus Terrace
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3DT
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Cannon House
6 Cannon Street
Southampton
Hampshire
SO15 5PQ
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Attachments
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Job Description
S1559 V2 Mental Health JD.pdf – 382KB Opens in a new window
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Additional document 1
EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf – 1001KB Opens in a new window
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