Health & Justice Support Time Recovery worker

NHS; Larkhill; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health & Justice Support, Time Recovery Worker based in Worcestershire Outreach/Reconnect. This role supports individuals in contact with the criminal justice system, addressing substance misuse, mental health and related vulnerabilities to identify unmet needs and facilitate onward referrals.

You will work across Police Custody Suites, Courts, Community and Prisons to deliver brief interventions, signposting and collaborative care planning,

Qualifications

• Competent in literacy and numeracy.
• Basic knowledge of physical / mental condition and rehabilitation.
• Computer literacy.
• Experience working with individuals with a complex range of health and social care needs.
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Adult/Child Safeguarding Training.

Responsibilities

• Promote self-determination, choice and autonomy with service users and carers.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and relatives/careers.
• Participate in setting quality standards and auditing practice.
• Assess care needs and refer to appropriate agency.
• Provide short-term intervention to engage with services and attend appointments.
• Contribute to risk assessments and risk management plans.
• Maintain reporting on patient conditions.
• Use outcome measures to review service effectiveness.

Skills

Literacy & Numeracy

Rehabilitation knowledge

Computer literacy

Complex health needs experience

NVQ2 Health & Care

Safeguarding training

Education

NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care

Job description

Go back Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health & Justice Support Time Recovery worker

The closing date is 28 September 2026

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Liaison & Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Support, Time, Recovery Worker based in Worcestershire Outreach/Reconnect

Health & Justice services identify people who have substance misuse, mental health, learning disability or other vulnerabilities when they come onto contact with the criminal justice system. We look to identify unmet need and vulnerabilities that often lead to or exacerbate offending behaviour, offer onward referral and signposting as appropriate. We liaise across agencies to support onward planning and intervention to address identified needs and where appropriate support the diversion of individuals away from the criminal justice process into a more appropriate setting.

We work in Police Custody Suites, Courts, Community & Prisons throughout West Mercia and offer assessments to individuals within the Criminal Justice system. We help to inform decision makers with relevant and timely information to support sentencing and disposal outcomes.

We offer brief community based intervention to maximise service user access and engagement with appropriate services.

This is an 'all age' service and so you will be required to work with people from the age of 10 years upwards.*The post holder will be expected to travel across the MPFT footprint*

Main duties of the job

• Working with service users referred to Health & Justice and the individual's carers, helping to promote self-determination, choice and autonomy.
• To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and relatives / carer.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, agree and refer on to appropriate agency. Involve the individual in the planning and prioritisation of their activity where possible.
• Provide short term intervention to encourage individual to engage with services and attending their initial appointments.
• Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of process, as part of Health & Justice Service.
• Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job responsibilities

Working with service users referred to Health & Justice and the individuals carers, helping to promote self-determination, choice and autonomy. To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and relatives / carer. Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy. Assess patient's individual care needs, agree and refer on to appropriate agency. Involve the individual in the planning and prioritisation of their activity where possible. Provide short term intervention to encourage individual to engage with services and attending their initial appointments. Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence. Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Competent in literacy and numeracy.
• Basic knowledge of physical / mental condition and rehabilitation.
• Computer Literacy.
• Experience working with individuals with a complex range of health and social care needs
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent of.
• Adult/Child Safeguarding Training

Experience

• Experience working with individuals with a complex range of health and social care needs.
• Experience and/or sound knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust