Community Support Team – Support Worker

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Overview

Salary: £31,173 a year
About £2,160 a month after tax.
Contract: Full-time
Closing date: Apply by Sunday 8 November

The role

Job title and organisation: Community Support Team - Support Worker - Touchstone
Salary: TPS (2024) points* 18-22, starting at £31,173.24 pa
Hours: 37
Contract: Fixed term until 30th June 2028 with possibility for extension
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 8th November 2026

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

The Community Support Team (CST) is an intensive mental health support service using an assertive outreach approach to work with service users who have complex mental health needs. The Community Support Team (CST) works closely with Community Mental Health Teams throughout Leeds.

Applicants are required to have experience of mental health work, in a residential, day care, nursing or community setting. A relevant qualification is desirable e.g. NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above.

CST is a close and supportive team; peer support, group clinical supervision and a buddy will all be provided to help new recruits settle in, and as an ongoing support for your wellbeing.

Please download an application pack from our website

Vacancy: Community Support Team, Support Worker - Touchstone

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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Leeds City Council is the local government authority for the city of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Its teams deliver over 500 different services every day to support residents and the city environment, spanning areas such as waste and recycling, council tax, housing, schools and education, health and social care, public health, planning, libraries, and leisure and attractions.

With people at the heart, the council aims to recruit and develop talented individuals who are committed to making a difference to its communities, who treat people fairly and who are focused on finding better ways of doing things. Its employment practices and staff benefits are designed to reward colleagues fairly, develop their careers, support their wellbeing and help their money go further.

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