Healthcare Support Worker | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

You will work within our specialist perinatal community mental health service, providing physical health assessment, treatment, and ongoing support for individuals experiencing mental health challenges during the perinatal period. The role involves close collaboration with families and professionals, contributing to an innovative, compassionate service that prioritises positive outcomes for parents and babies.

1 Part time (22.5 hours per week) vacancy based in Maidstone,

Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patient’s current behaviour and/or risks to Nurse/healthcare professional in a timely manner.

• Recording care given and reporting omissions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Promoting a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintaining confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidance.
• Supporting new team members.
• Demonstrating a professional approach to work, and abide by the Trust values.
• To provide comfort, compassion, empathy and time to patients and their carers, family and loved ones.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training to role.
• Working confidently in a variety of environments which present different challenges whilst continuing to act in a professional manner.
• Balancing all aspects of the job role across the 5 day working week.
• Being flexible and responsive to competing demand.
• Offering appropriate support and advice to the patients.
• Enable patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting involvement in the therapeutic activity programme.
• Give physical care as required or instructed.

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of roles and requirements.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jun 2026

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