Band 3 Health Care Support Worker - Bristol
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Bristol, BS16 1EG
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
Are you looking to develop a career in mental health? We are looking to recruit compassionate, resilient and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Workers w...
To work as part of a care team to deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mental health problems.
To develop and practice, working alongside registered clinicians, a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users' psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.
To ensure service users and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership and hope.
To promote and champion core care values by supporting junior, temporary and newly-appointed Healthcare Support Workers.
You will be expected to carry out observations, engage with service users, encourage tasks of daily living, promote recovery whilst demonstrating excellent communication.
You will be able to learn and understand how to care for service users that are in mental health crisis by promoting choice and independence in the least restrictive way possible.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- The Care Certificate (Cavendish Certificate of Fundamental Care) or equivalent
- Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
- Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)
Desirable
- Training in counselling or psychosocial interventions
Experience & Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, whilst also taking direction from senior colleagues.
- Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills.
- Experience within Mental Health
- Experience in autism and learning disability
- Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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