Support Time & Recovery Navigator - Reconnect

Practice Plus Group; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Support Time & Recovery Navigator to join the Reconnect team in South Yorkshire. This role focuses on coordinating across health, justice, and social care settings to support adults navigating the Criminal Justice System.

You will provide practical support, engage families, and advocate access to services while traveling across the region. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, with a salary of £29,264–£33,510 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with service users in health settings.
• Mental health and recovery support experience.
• Excellent communication and consent skills.
• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety.
• Motivated, team oriented.
• Patient-centered values and involvement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Reconnect team across services including police, probation, court, and health and social care.
• Support adults, including hard-to-reach communities, to engage with and navigate the Criminal Justice System.
• Provide practical support to individuals, advocate access to agencies and services, and involve families where appropriate.
• Driving licence is desirable for travel across the region.

Skills

Face-to-face support

Mental health

Communication skills

Consent understanding

Governance & safety

Teamwork

Patient-centered care

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss. We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Time & Recovery Navigator to join our Reconnect team in South Yorkshire.

About The Role

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss. We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Time & Recovery Navigator to join our Reconnect team in South Yorkshire.

Hours

Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm

Salary

This position is full time and you will receive a salary of £29,264 - £33,510 per annum.

Location

South Yorkshire Doncaster Hub - travel required across the region

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course


• Competency framework


• Regional and national career development opportunities


• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs


• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

• Be part of an extended team working across the Reconnect service. The key principles of the role are to liaise with a wide range of services such as the police, probation, the court and legal services as well as both inpatient and community health and social care services.


• Be involved in the daily support of adults, including those from hard-to-reach communities to engage and navigate through the Criminal Justice System.


• You will provide practical support to individuals, maintaining a programme of support, working with their families, advocating and enabling access to agencies including probation services, community-based organisations, clinics, courts, mental health services and hospitals.


• Driving Licence - desired due to nature of the role

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities


• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development


• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

Practice Plus Group are the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. We aim to deliver a truly integrated model that will guide all groups involved in the judicial pathway to provide a more meaningful experience to the individuals involved.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients as they would like to be treated


• we act with integrity


• we embrace diversity


• we strive to do things better together

Qualifications and skills required

• Experience of working with service users, face to face, with a variety of health needs


• Relevant experience working as/within Mental Health and/or Recovery support services


• Excellent communication skills and ability to gain appropriate level of consent


• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety


• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team


• Patient centered values and ability to promote service user involvement

Our person-centred model is focused on providing meaningful pathways to anyone faced with criminal charges, as well as understanding what triggers and socio-economic circumstances might lead to people offending. We will treat individuals more holistically, focusing on the person and early intervention strategies to reduce risks and improve outcomes.