STaR Worker

Hpft; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust in Watford is seeking a STAR worker to provide recovery-focused mental health support. You will join a team delivering services to service users and carers, working within the STAR model to promote independence and community involvement.

Role emphasizes collaboration with the Team Leader and Care Coordinator, delivering person-centered plans, and maximising outcomes within available resources.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
• Commitment to Continuing Personal Development
• Three years experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties

Responsibilities

• Provide support to an allocated group of service users and promote recovery and their place in the broader community
• Contribute towards the management of a team of STAR workers, by leading on day to day team management tasks
• Support the Care Coordinator in implementing a recovery focused care plan for service users and carers
• Ensure engagement with the Care Plan and access to services on a regular basis
• Promote independent living within the community

Job description

Site Colne House Town Watford Salary £29,812 - £32,715 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs) Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.

Job Summary:

• To work as part of a team which provides mental health services to service users and their carers
• To focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodationsolutions using the Support Time and Recovery Model.
• To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.
• To work closely in association with the Team Leader, other senior staff and otheragencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STAR services withinavailable resources
• To work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with afocus on Recovery Principles
• To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery

Main duties of the job

• To provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and thuspromote their recovery and promote their place in the broader community.
• To contribute towards the management of a team of STAR workers, by leading onclearly identified, appropriate day to day team management tasks.
• Responsible for providing support to the Care Coordinator, in the implementationof a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service users and carers.
• To ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan andaccess appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
• To positively promote independent living of service users within community.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Other Requirements

• Car driver unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
• Commitment to Continuing Personal Development

Experience

• Three years experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.