# Intermediate Recovery Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/intermediate-recovery-support-worker/f7a1b040-4f12-41f3-a951-672653f48926 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/intermediate-recovery-support-worker/f7a1b040-4f12-41f3-a951-672653f48926.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Trinity Building, Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Care support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:31:22.462Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/LD_MH_Complex_Behaviour/LD_MH_Complex_Behaviour-v8336878 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8336878?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is for a Band 4 Recovery Support Worker, working closely care coordinators and a full MDT in the community team of nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists etc. This role is an exciting opportunity to which allows you to use initiative, working aspart of a close-knit team. If you haven’t worked in the community before, this may be your chance to take a new direction in your career, if you have worked in the community before, you will know the flexibility, and variety that community work offers. In this role you will be expected to facilitate Recovery through activities and be creative in the way you work with service users. Even more so we want our staff to engage with service users and understand their interests and passions and adapt working styles to suit them. RSWs also do 1:1 work with clients, in community settings, care homes, supported living environment and in client’s own homes. This includes focusing on work surrounding self-care, productivity, activities geared at social inclusion (getting into employment or college) and leisure (participating in interests or group activities). ### Main duties of the job The main duties of the role include working with service users in the community and facilitating activities that foster inclusion, self esteem, daily living skills and general wellbeing. We are always looking for new and creative ways to engage service users in the community and are open to RSW’s input in this area. The other main duties include 1:1 work which could be anything from trying to motivate a service user to engage in social activities, such as taking them out to a coffee shop on a weekly basis, supporting service users to health care appointments, benefits, getting them involved in fitness, the gym, or sports, looking at people’s interests and supporting them to engage in these. Social inclusion would be a main part of the role, making connections and links in the community in order to integrate and support our service users to engage in meaningful activity. Working with service users in the community, some of who may have forensic history, means risk assessment is one of the key areas to keep in mind. We are looking for someone thorough in their skills to risk assess, as well as use themselves therapeutically through rapport with service users. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Following an assessment, to provide practical and recovery focused support to service users and carers as described in their care plan. - Working with care coordinators or lead clinicians to provide clearly defined recovery focused interventions, in line with care packages. - To attend and actively participate in team meetings/care plan review meeting and team training as appropriate. - To positively promote and support independent living for service users in the community by maintaining extensive knowledge and links with the community resources and actively supporting service users to access them. - To develop a rapport with service users based upon professional support and collaboration but within appropriate boundaries. - To provide regular and practical support to service users and carers to maintain dignity and independence. - To enable service users to acquire daily living skills: “living ordinary lives” (e.g. shopping and cooking). - To help service users to gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights. - To help service users to access information on health promotion. - To help service users with gaining skills in accessing physical health services and monitoring their health needs in the community. - To help identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the client’s progress, level of functioning and mental state and updating the care coordinator or other staff involved in the care of the client. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of mental health and/or learning disability services or demonstrable interest in mental health and/or learning disability either paid or voluntary. - To be knowledgeable, have understanding about the factors that cause/impact on mental health in learning disability clientele and interventions. - Experience of developing relationships with a wide variety of people and organisations - Proven ability to recognise and manage risk. - Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed . **Desirable** - Personal experience of mental health problems and use of Mental Health Services - Experience of working as a Recovery Support Worker - Previous experience of working in Health or Social Care settings in paid or voluntary position. - Demonstrate knowledge/understanding of: a) Awareness of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or relevant legislation that pertains to Learning disabilities b) equivalent Health or Social Care legislation appropriate to service area ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Able to demonstrate an acceptable level of oral & written, literacy and numeracy. - Good level computer literacy - Evidence of interpersonal skills and an ability to form therapeutic relationships with service users and carers. - Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels in a non- judgemental way. - An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability. **Desirable** - Knowledge of benefits/employment systems - Understanding of NHS Recovery Approach ### Training & Qualification **Essential** - Education to GCSE level or equivalent (with minimum of 5 A-E qualifications which must include Maths and English) - Achieved NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent plus post qualifications or further study/training to diploma level or NVQ level 4 in Mental Health and/or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course OR Equivalent level of experience - Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience. - Care Certificate ( to be completed within 6 months of starting the role) . **Desirable** - Ability to demonstrate competency in specific clinical skills relating to role. - Computer qualifications or experience/skills. - Degree, higher diploma or equivalent in Nursing, Psychology, counselling or Health and Social Care ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10660589) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - 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