Job Summary
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Support Worker – Young Adults Team to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Bronzefield.
By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also can have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient’s healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest of standards.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary clinical team within a prison healthcare setting. Your role would involve working compassionately with young adults with neurodevelopmental & mental health needs within the prison, either within the inpatient unit and/or on the main wings/houseblocks. You will focus on the holistic needs of service users, working across boundaries of care, organisations and roles coordinated through the Care Programme Approach within a trauma informed care framework.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Care certificate or relevant equivalent
- Ability & desire to obtain both underpinning knowledge and NVQ qualifications
- NVQ Level 4 or demonstrable equivalent in health or social care
- Commitment to undertake Continuing Personal Development
Desirable
- Willing to undertake NVQ Level 4 or demonstrable equivalent in health or social care (if appointed through preceptorship)
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential
- Commitment to promoting the needs of people with neurodevelopmental & mental health requirements
- Self-motivated
- Empathy, compassion and patience
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
- Be versatile, accessible and flexible in availability
Other
Essential
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of mental health services (as a worker, service user or carer)
- Working within a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a prison setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to listen and communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
- Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
- Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
- Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice/equal opportunities
- Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities
- An understanding of safeguarding adults and children
Desirable
- An understanding of the mental health system
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 19 October 2025
