Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Three years experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties
- Qualifications
NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
- Qualifications
NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
- Qualifications
Commitment to Continuing Personal Development
- Other Requirements
Car driver unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.
The post holder will provide dedicated support and oversight for service users residing in, or transitioning to, long-term placements, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care and effective multi-agency working. Working as part of the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will be supported by clinicians and other professionals to ensure coordinated assessment, care planning, risk management and review of service users' needs. The role will act as a key point of contact for providers, commissioners, families and clinical teams, supporting placement stability, monitoring outcomes, identifying opportunities for step-down where appropriate, and ensuring service users receive timely and coordinated care. The post holder will also contribute to the wider delivery of community mental health services, promoting recovery, safeguarding, quality improvement and effective use of resources.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will provide dedicated support and oversight for service users residing in, or transitioning to, long-term placements, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care and effective multi-agency working.
- To provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and thus promote their recovery and promote their place in the broader community.• Responsible for providing support to the Care Coordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service users and carers.• To ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.
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.
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This advert is for STaR Worker with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Radlett, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Support, time and recovery worker role. The advertised salary is £29,812 - £32,715 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs). The contract type is Permanent: Permenant. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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