Associate Mental Health Worker

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. North London NHS Foundation Trust Associate Mental Health Worker The closing date is 21 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We currently have a vacancy for Associate Mental Health Worker to join out new Older Person's Home Treatment Team. This is a new servicethat has been set up to provide service users who are living in the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey who are aged 70+ or who have a diagnosis of dementia with specialist support when they areexperiencing a mental health crisis as an alternative to in-patient admission. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care for service users under the North Boroughs Older Person's Home Treatment Team (OA HTT). This includes supporting carers, families and professionals of those being cared for by theteam. The post holder will be expected to work a 7-day rota covering the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. They will carry out a range ofclinical support tasks, including direct patient interactions, risk assessment, and delivering low- level psychological interventions, identified aspart of the service user's care plan. They will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide excellent, compassionate and sensitive care to people and their social systems.The post holder will provide direct face to face and telephone support to the service users and carers under the care of the crisis team, or thoseaccessing the service via the call centre. Work will be allocated on a shift-by-shift basis by senior members of staff coordinating the shift. The focus of the role will be that of supporting people aged 70+ in acute mental crisis, supporting carers and families in the same context,providing clinical assistance to registered and medical staff in order to ensure safe provision of care. About us North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. Why NLFT? We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis. Details Date posted 08 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 4 Salary £33,262 to £36,027 a year Per annum including HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 455-NLFT-8253357 Job loca