Support Time Recovery Worker

Job overview

Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.

We are seeking a Support Time Recovery Worker to join our busy team at Britton House Gillingham
As an STR Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting service users to live fulfilling lives.
You'll provide recovery-focused mental health interventions, practical support with daily living, and help individuals access community resources.
You will also assist with physical health monitoring, including phlebotomy and ECGs, and contribute to therapeutic groups and post-diagnostic sessions.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

• Deliver recovery-focused mental health interventions.
• Contribute to the planning and implementation of therapeutic groups and interventions for clients and carers.
• Assist with physical health monitoring.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
• Promote diversity and respect individuality in all aspects of care.

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Providing service users recovery-focused mental health intervention
• Providing service users practical support with daily living
• Facilitating service users to live fulfilling lives
• Helping service users to access resources in the community

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person specification

Training

Essential criteria

• NVQ level 3 in a care related subject or equivalent level of training and/or experience.
• Ability to demonstrate a good level of English and Maths skills.

Desirable criteria

• Trained (or willing to train) in Venepuncture, ECG and physical health monitoring.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experiences including individual and group interventions in mental health specialties
• Experience of working with people with dementia and their carers.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Experience of working with people suffering from functional mental illness. Experience of working with people with dementia and their carers.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for both vulnerable adults and children
• Basic IT skills
• Ability to work autonomously and co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team, respecting and valuing different contributions. • Ability to travel from patient homes and work site in a timely manner day to day.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of RiO patient record systems.

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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