Associate Mental Health Worker
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Charlton, London, SE7 8JH
Salary
£33,262 to £36,027
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
- * Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post ** Oxleas NHS Foundati...
As an Associate Mental Health Worker, you will:
- Support service users with psychosis as part of a shared care team caseload
- Deliver practical, recovery-focused interventions under supervision
- Promote engagement, social inclusion and independence
- Support physical health monitoring and wellbeing
- Contribute to risk management, care planning and reviews
- Maintain high-quality clinical records using Trust systems
- Work flexibly across community settings in line with service need
- Actively participate in supervision, training and reflective practice
You will be supported to develop your skills and confidence, with clear role expectations and access to training aligned to the new pathway.
Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Qualifications
Essential
- A minimum of NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or HNC/HND or equivalent diploma Experiential learning through two years (minimum) working experience as a Health Care Asst, Band 3 in a mental health setting e.g Forensic, Acute Inpatient Setting, Community Mental Health Team & etc.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a health or social care setting
- Experience of liaising with other agencies
Desirable
- Experience in community mental health setting
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Have a demonstrable interest in working with service users who suffer from mental health problems
- Ability to assess clinical situations quickly and use initiative
- Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
- Able to work on own initiative and also part of a team
- Well developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to remain calm in emergency situations and respond in a professional manner
Desirable
- Group facilitation skills
- Report writing skills
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
20 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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