Support, Time and Recovery Worker

Job overview

Community Mental Health Services are transforming! Would you like to be part of this exciting development?

As a result of investment we are looking for 1 full time band 3 Support Time and Recovery Workers, ideally with community experience, to work as a Support Time and Recovery Worker within the Community Mental Health Team serving the area covered by Dudley South based at The CMHT Halesview in Halesown. The post is for 37.5 hours per week

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills; with the support of healthcare professionals, the Clinical Lead and Team Leader. Working alongside the Care Co-Ordinators, other Support Time and Recovery Workers and the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team you will learn their roles and also be able to practice autonomously with their guidance.

Main duties of the job

You will be a Healthcare Support Worker or in an equivalent role, ideally with community experience in assessing mental health and implementing individual plans and outcome measures for adults with mental health problems and have a current knowledge of NHS policies and practices in mental health.

You will have an understanding of the Care Programme Approach. There will be an opportunity to develop your skill base in therapeutic interventions. You will have an ability to work with partner agencies and be supported by Care Co-Ordinators, the Clinical Lead and Team Leader to support service users’ care.

The Team is committed to provide safe, sound and supportive services; you will receive regular supervision with opportunities to develop clinical and professional practice in line with service user needs and organisational values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be part of a dynamic, supportive and diverse multi-disciplinary team. You will be responsible for supporting the Care Co-Ordinators with managing the mental health needs of service users referred to the team, under guidance from the Clinical Lead and Team Leader. You will also be part of developing and implementing therapeutic interventions underpinned by the Care Programme Approach. You will also have an understanding of the new national drivers and directives that are being introduced in mental health services as part of the national community transformation, such as the new mental health framework that will replace CPA. With the support of a Care Co-Ordinators, you will manage a caseload of some of our less complex service users who do not require the full input of a Care Co-Ordinator and also our more complex service users who require additional input as well as a Care Co-Ordinator. You will work from our community base facility, via phone/agile working or within the service user’s home.