Support Time and Recovery Worker | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cambridge is seeking a dynamic Band 4 Support, Time Recovery Worker. The role involves working with service users to provide recovery-focused interventions and requires good knowledge of mental health. Candidates must have a full UK driving license and vehicle. Responsibilities include facilitating community engagement and monitoring user progress. Closing date for applications is December 3, 2025.

Qualifications

• Must be dynamic and enthusiastic.
• Must have good working knowledge of mental health.
• Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate access and engagement in community-based activities.
• Help users gain access to resources including welfare rights.
• Monitor user’s progress and alert appropriate staff for relapse.

Skills

Compassion

Knowledge of mental health

Good communication

Job description

Previous applicants need not apply.

Job Details

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 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 in supporting service users throughout their recovery journeys, then we look forward to meeting you.

Travel: the role requires independent travel around the county meeting strict time deadlines, a full UK driving licence* and use of a vehicle. Public transport cannot be used.

Responsibilities

• 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 to include 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 are able to 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 workers role and contribute to the Trust‑wide process.
• Help 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.

About the Trust

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

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care settings but also in the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & 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.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025.