diff --git a/e2e/mental-health-check-in.spec.ts b/e2e/mental-health-check-in.spec.ts
index c7867b16b..85e4b77bb 100644
--- a/e2e/mental-health-check-in.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/mental-health-check-in.spec.ts
@@ -262,8 +262,14 @@ test.describe("mental-health check-in, in the reader's language", () => {
         await expect(
           wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-question"]'),
         ).toHaveAttribute("lang", locale);
-        if (expected === 1)
+        if (expected === 1) {
+          // On screen together with the question, at every width: the step
+          // scrolls to its top block, note and stem included.
+          await expect(
+            wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-unvalidated-note"]'),
+          ).toBeInViewport();
           await expectNoSeriousViolations(page, `${locale} ${c.id}`);
+        }
         await wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-back-to-landing"]').click();
       }
 
@@ -295,6 +301,19 @@ test.describe("mental-health check-in, in the reader's language", () => {
     );
     const question = wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-question"]');
     const translated = await question.textContent();
+    // The note and its switch travel with every step, not only the first.
+    for (const step of [1, 2]) {
+      const current = wizard.locator(
+        `[data-slot="check-in-step"][data-step="${step}"]`,
+      );
+      await expect(
+        current.locator('[data-slot="check-in-unvalidated-note"]'),
+      ).toBeInViewport();
+      await current.locator('[role="radio"]').first().click();
+    }
+    await wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-back"]').click();
+    await wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-back"]').click();
+    await expect(question).toHaveText(translated ?? "");
     const toggle = wizard.locator('[data-slot="check-in-wording-toggle"]');
     await toggle.click();
     await expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute("data-showing", "original_en");
diff --git a/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json b/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
index 618e52e47..f6a196e4b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
+++ b/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$comment": "Production functions over 200 lines, keyed \"file :: name\", and their length. Maintained by src/__tests__/source-size-ratchet.test.ts.",
-  "count": 411,
-  "total": 148064,
+  "count": 410,
+  "total": 147860,
   "entries": {
     "app/achievements/page.tsx :: AchievementsPage": 206,
     "app/api/admin/backups/upload/route.ts :: apiHandler(arg)": 314,
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
     "components/medications/wizard/medication-wizard-dialog.tsx :: WizardDialogShell": 516,
     "components/medications/wizard/steps/step3-dose.tsx :: Step3Dose": 222,
     "components/medications/wizard/steps/step8-summary.tsx :: Step8Summary": 230,
-    "components/mental-health/check-in-wizard.tsx :: CheckInWizard": 204,
     "components/mental-health/mental-wellbeing.tsx :: MentalWellbeing": 202,
     "components/mood/manage/tag-groups-card.tsx :: TagGroupsCard": 256,
     "components/mood/manage/tag-manager-card.tsx :: TagManagerCard": 270,
diff --git a/src/components/mental-health/check-in-wizard.tsx b/src/components/mental-health/check-in-wizard.tsx
index 0eb87c3d6..75a832828 100644
--- a/src/components/mental-health/check-in-wizard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mental-health/check-in-wizard.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  * reader's language (one chunk per language, `useQuestionnaireWording`): the
  * published validated translation where one exists, otherwise a translation
  * written for HealthLog under a note that the result is orientation, with a
- * switch to the English original. The header carries the app's own title and
+ * switch to the English original. The note sits at the top of every step's
+ * card, above the stem, so it stays on screen with the question. The header carries the app's own title and
  * one explanation line; the disclaimer stays on the landing.
  *
  * Keyboard: Tab reaches the selected answer (or the first), the arrow keys
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   useRef,
   useState,
   type KeyboardEvent,
+  type ReactNode,
   type RefObject,
 } from "react";
 import { ArrowLeft } from "lucide-react";
@@ -82,8 +84,7 @@ export function CheckInWizard({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const def = INSTRUMENTS[instrument];
-  const { wording, validated, englishOriginal, toggle } =
-    useCheckInWording(instrument);
+  const { wording, englishOriginal, note } = useCheckInWording(instrument);
   const steps = checkInSteps(def.itemCount, hasFunctionalItem(instrument));
 
   const [step, setStep] = useState(1);
@@ -161,12 +162,6 @@ export function CheckInWizard({
           title={t(`mentalHealth.instrument.${def.i18nKey}`)}
           description={t(`mentalHealth.instrumentDescription.${def.i18nKey}`)}
         />
-        {!validated && (
-          <UnvalidatedNote
-            showingOriginal={englishOriginal}
-            onToggle={toggle}
-          />
-        )}
       </header>
 
       <Card className="gap-0 p-0">
@@ -195,6 +190,7 @@ export function CheckInWizard({
               functional={functional}
               functionalStep={steps.functionalStep}
               wording={wording}
+              note={note}
               headingRef={headingRef}
               onEdit={edit}
             />
@@ -206,6 +202,7 @@ export function CheckInWizard({
               onFunctional={onFunctional}
               selected={onFunctional ? functional : items[questionIndex]}
               wording={wording}
+              note={note}
               headingRef={headingRef}
               disabled={isPending}
               onChoose={choose}
@@ -298,13 +295,33 @@ function useCheckInWording(instrument: InstrumentId) {
   const wording: StepWording | undefined = englishOriginal
     ? { text: english, lang: "en" }
     : own && { text: own, lang: locale };
-  const toggle = () => setShowOriginal((v) => !v);
-  return {
-    wording,
-    validated: own?.validated ?? true,
-    englishOriginal,
-    toggle,
-  };
+  // Every step carries the note and its switch, inside the step's card.
+  const note =
+    own?.validated === false ? (
+      <UnvalidatedNote
+        showingOriginal={englishOriginal}
+        onToggle={() => setShowOriginal((v) => !v)}
+      />
+    ) : null;
+  return { wording, englishOriginal, note };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The top of a step: the note, the stem and the question. On arrival it is
+ * scrolled into view as a block, so the note and the stem stay on screen
+ * with the question; a block already in view does not move, and focusing
+ * the question afterwards finds it visible.
+ */
+function StepTop({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    ref.current?.scrollIntoView?.({ block: "nearest" });
+  }, []);
+  return (
+    <div ref={ref} className="flex scroll-mt-4 flex-col gap-3">
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
 }
 
 /** The space a step takes while its language's text loads. */
@@ -385,6 +402,7 @@ function QuestionStep({
   onFunctional,
   selected,
   wording,
+  note,
   headingRef,
   disabled,
   onChoose,
@@ -395,6 +413,8 @@ function QuestionStep({
   selected: number;
   /** Undefined while the language's text is still loading. */
   wording: StepWording | undefined;
+  /** The unvalidated-translation note, where it applies. */
+  note: ReactNode;
   headingRef: RefObject<HTMLHeadingElement | null>;
   disabled: boolean;
   onChoose: (value: number) => void;
@@ -423,21 +443,24 @@ function QuestionStep({
       data-step={step}
       data-functional={onFunctional || undefined}
     >
-      {stem && (
-        <p className="text-sm" lang={lang} data-slot="check-in-stem">
-          {stem}
-        </p>
-      )}
-      <h2
-        ref={headingRef}
-        id={questionId}
-        tabIndex={-1}
-        lang={lang}
-        className="scroll-mt-4 text-base font-medium outline-none"
-        data-slot="check-in-question"
-      >
-        {question}
-      </h2>
+      <StepTop>
+        {note}
+        {stem && (
+          <p className="text-sm" lang={lang} data-slot="check-in-stem">
+            {stem}
+          </p>
+        )}
+        <h2
+          ref={headingRef}
+          id={questionId}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          lang={lang}
+          className="scroll-mt-4 text-base font-medium outline-none"
+          data-slot="check-in-question"
+        >
+          {question}
+        </h2>
+      </StepTop>
       {onFunctional && (
         <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
           {t("mentalHealth.functionalOptionalHint")}
@@ -551,6 +574,7 @@ function ReviewStep({
   functional,
   functionalStep,
   wording,
+  note,
   headingRef,
   onEdit,
 }: {
@@ -559,6 +583,7 @@ function ReviewStep({
   functional: number;
   functionalStep: number | null;
   wording: StepWording | undefined;
+  note: ReactNode;
   headingRef: RefObject<HTMLHeadingElement | null>;
   onEdit: (step: number) => void;
 }) {
@@ -590,13 +615,16 @@ function ReviewStep({
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-3" data-slot="check-in-review">
-      <h2
-        ref={headingRef}
-        tabIndex={-1}
-        className="text-base font-medium outline-none"
-      >
-        {t("mentalHealth.review.title")}
-      </h2>
+      <StepTop>
+        {note}
+        <h2
+          ref={headingRef}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          className="text-base font-medium outline-none"
+        >
+          {t("mentalHealth.review.title")}
+        </h2>
+      </StepTop>
       <p className="text-sm">{t("mentalHealth.review.description")}</p>
       <ol className="flex flex-col gap-3">
         {rows.map((row, i) => (