Support Time and Recovery WorkerNHS

Job summary

With the support of a Care Co-Ordinator, 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.

Main duties of the job

With the support of a Care Co-Ordinator, 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.

Job description

We are looking for a 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 North based at Brierley Hill Health and Social CAre Centre. 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.

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 users home.

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.

About us

we offer training, supervision/yearly personal development conversations and a multitude of well being resources