Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker - Forensic services
The closing date is 14 June 2026
We are pleased to offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for compassionate and caring individuals to join our Forensic Inpatient Services across Hampshire as Healthcare Support Workers.
This role will offer you the opportunity to provide career-defining training and challenges; it will offer exposure to a unique and rewarding environment where you will be part of a close-knit team.
We have opportunities available at the below inpatient units:
* Ravenswood House (based in Fareham): a medium and low secure, forensic unit providing assessment, care and treatment for adult men with serious mental illness.
* Southfield (based in Calmore, Tatchbury Mount-near Southampton): a low secure, forensic mental health inpatient service for people with serious mental illness who are aged 18-65 years.
* Ashford (Tatchbury Mount, near Southampton): 10-bedded low secure unit specifically for adult men with a learning disability who have been detained under the Mental Health Act.
If you have excellent team working skills, a patient focused mindset and align with our Trust CARE values, Apply Today!
These roles benefit from an additional forensic lead payment of £1401 pro rata, per annum.
Main duties of the job
What is the role of a Healthcare Support Worker in a forensic inpatient environment?
Healthcare Support Workers work closely with service users, their families, friends, and carers. You will be essential in ensuring those who use our services have a positive experience and work as part of our dedicated multi-disciplinary team comprising Nurses, Healthcare Support Workers, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Specialist Therapists, and Psychiatrists.
You will work with other team members to promote independence, by providing effective treatment and skills training within a risk management plan to enable our patients to be discharged into the community, or where needs dictate, onto an appropriate continuing healthcare service.
If you are new to healthcare, we will place you on a HCSW induction programme to ensure that you are fully trained and supported to perform the role. The programme will last for up to 6 months and during this period of training you will be paid a salary of £25,272. On completion of your training period your salary will rise to £25,760 as per the advert.
At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas. We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration. Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Commitment to Lifelong Learning
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.
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£25,760 to £27,476 a year Pro rata for part time hours
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