Health Care Support Worker | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Preston, PR3 2JH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	1 Nov 2026

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Summary

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

We are recruiting Band 3 Health Care Support Workers, working shifts across 24 hours, seven days a week. Ideally, candidates will have six months’ experience in mental health or care settings and an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals experiencing mental health difficulties.

Secure Mental Health Care for Lancashire and South Cumbria is provided at Guild Lodge, Whittingham. The service has steadily expanded from it’s inception in 1999 and currently has a range of inpatient and community services including 154 inpatient beds.

Guild Lodge consists of 3 main service lines (14 wards), which include:

• Men’s service

• Women’s service

• Acquired Brain Injury Service

Caring for adults within Medium and Low Security, and Step Down environments.

Each of the services has their own model of care and provides bespoke training in addition to the comprehensive LCFT Induction and local induction.

Applications are now invited from motivated, innovative and reliable individuals who would like to join a multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering excellent care within a Secure environment. Applicants will have a strong sense of compassion, respect for others and team working. They must demonstrate a desire to support and care for others yet be comfortable working with clients who present challenging behaviours

This post will be suited to someone with experience of understanding, managing challenging and emotionally demanding clinical presentations. The individual will be able to guide, support, supervise and role-model on how to respond to these challenges. We welcome applications from people who are motivated to work in an informed way and who enjoy both the challenges and sense of achievement that can be experienced as part of this work.

Successful applicants will be able to experience a broad range of clinical specialities and will have access to a comprehensive package of professional coaching, education and clinical support.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Friday 16 Oct 2026

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