# Band 4 Recovery Coordinator - HMP Eastwood Park > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-4-recovery-coordinator-hmp-eastwood-park/245d5cec-7c7c-4099-9614-68fbb1b0f433 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-4-recovery-coordinator-hmp-eastwood-park/245d5cec-7c7c-4099-9614-68fbb1b0f433.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Bath NHS House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Coordinator (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Job share, 37.5 hours per week (Long days 8am to 8pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T11:33:31.240Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Falfield/Avon_Wiltshire_Mental_Health_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8250106 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250106?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.awp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview If you are a resilient, compassionate and recovery focused support worker, who has a good understanding of trauma and mental health and has the ability to work flexibly in a challenging environment, this may be the role for you. HMP Eastwood Park is female prison housing up to 440 women who are both sentenced and remanded. The healthcare service is formed through a consortium of agencies, AWP works alongside the main contractor Practice Plus Group. Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post. ### Main duties of the job Working as part of the mental health team you will have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced multi-disciplinary team, that is supportive and motivated to deliver outstanding care. We strive to use the expertise and resources within our team, organisation, and partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on people's recovery. All our staff are pivotal in the quality of care we provide and we are committed to enabling them to develop both professional and personally. Successful candidates will have previously completed, or be committed to completing, the care certificate, or equivalent qualification. Applicants will be required to work 37.5hours a week, primarily Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be required to obtain prison security clearance in addition to DBS and reference checks. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The role of support worker is across our Unscheduled and Planned Care Teams- providing stabilisation interventions to service users in acute distress and ongoing interventions as part of a care plan with service users who are managed under Care Programme Approach. Liaise as appropriate with other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users. The role will also require undertaking and delivering defined activities and interventions for a caseload of identified service users, in accordance with the agreed personal recovery plan. This maybe either on a one to one basis, or as part of a group activity. See Job Description for full details ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other requirements **Essential** - Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Well-developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills and ability to communicate both face to face, via email and by telephone. - Written communication skills, with the ability to contribute to written reports, maintain accurate records and interpret relevant clinical information effectively. - Ability to form and sustain a trusting relationship with service users/carers. - Team-working skills, and ability to function effectively and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary setting. - IT skills: ability to use email, Microsoft word and basic clinical records databases. - Ability to articulate and demonstrate compassionate, recovery-focused care that values diversity and equality. ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Significant experience of working in a mental health setting - Sound knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, taking a positive, nonjudgemental approach towards service users, carers, colleagues and members of the public. - Experience of mental health services, as a user, carer, volunteer or worker. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching / training individuals or groups. ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 5 vocational qualification (Foundation Degree in Mental Health or Health and Social Care) **Desirable** - Training in an allied field such as counselling, mediation or advocacy. - Training in psychosocial interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing). ## Documents - [key local information (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10565458) - [financial support & discounts (pdf, 919.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2794) - [value of the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 279.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2795) - [inclusive top 50 uk employers list (pdf, 78.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2439) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 599.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10565459) - [care certificate - information for applicants (pdf, 840.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=878) - [code of conduct for unregistered practitioners (2024) (pdf, 142.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1104) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.