Job overview

This is an exciting time to join Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT), as we move to a purpose built new ward environment at Norton Lea as a Senior Health Care Support Worker. 

Havenside at Norton Lea is a brand new 19 bedded acute inpatient ward due to open March 2026 as part of our ambition to reduce dormitory accommodation in the local Lincolnshire area.

Havenside will provide high quality, specialised treatment to adults with mental health treatment needs, who cannot be safely supported by a community based service.

You will provide high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to patients in line with the Health Care Support Worker Code of Conduct and Trust policies.

You will support senior colleagues to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans based upon individual patient needs.

The post holder will participate and facilitate creative and meaningful recovery focused activities with individual patients and in groups.

The role may require the use of physical interventions to manage an individual whose behaviours may cause harm to themselves or others and where other non-physical intervention, for example, communication, de-escalation and problem solving skills have been unsuccessful.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals, with a passion to care for those with mental health treatment needs to become part of our friendly and supportive team.

We are seeking only the best Senior Health Care Support Workers, those who really want to make a difference, and put the Trust Values (Compassion, Pride, Integrity, Valuing Everyone, Innovation and Collaboration) at the core of patient care.

Working on an Acute Inpatient Ward is a challenging yet rewarding environment. We are looking for someone who is positive, patient and resilient.

You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to establish professional therapeutic relationships with patients to enable then to achieve their treatment and recovery goals.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.