Support Time Recovery Worker

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is seeking a Band 3 Support Time Recovery Worker in Canterbury. The role involves promoting recovery in individuals with severe mental health issues through collaborative support and engagement. Key responsibilities include visiting service users in their homes, conducting mental state assessments, and facilitating community connections. Applicants should have a NVQ Level 2 in Care and experience with adult mental health. The position offers an opportunity to contribute positively to mental health care in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with severe and enduring mental illness.
• Good level of English language, written, spoken and reading.
• Understand mental health diagnosis and presentation.

Responsibilities

• Promote engagement and facilitate independence for service users.
• Establish therapeutic relationships to address recovery goals.
• Assist nursing staff with the effective functioning of a depot/clozapine clinic.

Skills

Compassion

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Care or community Mental Health Care

Tools

Microsoft

Excel

Rio

Job description

Come and join Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust as a Band 3 Support Time Recovery Worker at South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team covering Dover, Deal and Folkestone.

We need: Compassionate individuals with strong communication and organizational skills.

Our service focuses on promoting recovery for those people diagnosed with severe and enduring mental ill health. We provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services and work closely with local specialist mental health teams (e.g. Early Intervention Service, Home Treatment Teams, MIMHS) tertiary service providers, primary care, Kent Police, local statutory and non-statutory agencies, service users & carers.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

The main elements of community mental health support work focus on collaborative working with service users to promote engagement and to facilitate an optimum level of independence and self-management.

Our expectation is that you will endeavour to establish therapeutic relationships within which to address recovery goals in order to help service users to gain access to a range of resources and services to facilitate involvement and connection with the local community.

Work closely with occupational therapists and to assist nursing staff with the effective functioning of a depot/clozapine clinic that will include well-being checks.

Visiting people at their own home as required.

Completing Dialog plus assessments by telephone or in person.

Monitor and report on the mental state of service users.

Provide support to the service user, and identify their needs.

Opportunities to run recovery activities with Occupational Therapists.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

IT Skills

• Good understanding and application of IT systems - e.g. Microsoft, Excell, Rio
• Previous knowledge and use of Rio

Experience

• Has worked with adults with severe and enduring mental illness
• Knowledge of mental health diagnosis and presentation
• Good level of English language , written, spoken and reading
• Has delivered individual care and support with adults who are mentally unwell

Knowledge

• NVQ Level 2 in Care/ community Mental Health Care or agreed equivalent experience
• Ability to listen effectively and communicate effectively at all levels
• Commitment to undertake and to gain appropriate Level 3 qualification within an agreed time limit

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.