Support Time and Recovery Worker | Cambridgeshire and NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

CRHTT (South) operates across our Foundation Trust via an established base in Cambridge. This post will be located in the dynamic and multi‑cultural city of Cambridge.

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 4 Support, Time Recovery Worker. The individual must be compassionate, committed and have good working knowledge of mental health. The post holder will work with service users to provide recovery‑focused interventions through ongoing support, practical assistance and problem resolution under the supervision of a senior team member, and will contribute to the regular reviews of service users in the team.

If you are passionate about the values that underpin a recovery‑focused service and supporting service users throughout their recovery journeys, we look forward to meeting you.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county, meeting strict time deadlines. You must hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle; public transport is not acceptable. Confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

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The post holder will support service users with their recovery journeys through collaborative goal setting with a range of priority health and social needs under the supervision of a senior member of the team.

Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the user’s progress, level of functioning and mental state, and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individual's care.

Participate in regular planning and review meetings with the clinician supervising pieces of work and maintain quality and management of clinical caseload within the supervision process.

Maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service user’s case notes as necessary.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, and supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

We encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long‑term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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

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• Work with service users to facilitate access and engagement in a range of socially inclusive (including vocational) community‑based activities.
• Develop an alliance based upon collaboration and mutual respect within appropriate and transparent boundaries.
• Help users gain access to resources, including benefits and welfare rights, using internal and external expertise as required.
• Provide simple psychological interventions as required under the supervision of an appropriately qualified clinician.
• Attend and participate in wider team/care plan review meetings as appropriate.
• Develop good working relationships and work collaboratively with other organisations that can help individuals achieve their goals, including vocational and educational providers, training providers, voluntary agencies, accommodation and financial services.
• Participate in the on‑going review of the STR worker’s role and contribute to the Trust‑wide process.