Support Time Recovery Worker

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Ramsgate; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ramsgate seeks a full-time Support Time Recovery Worker to provide community mental health support. Responsibilities include establishing therapeutic relationships, assisting nursing staff, and participating in group activities. The role requires a valid UK driving licence and a compassionate, caring nature, along with basic IT skills and knowledge of mental health diagnosis.

Benefits

Monthly supervision

Professional development opportunities

Admin support

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
• Previous knowledge of RiO is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Secondary Mental Health diagnosis is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with service users to promote engagement and self-management.
• Establish therapeutic relationships to address recovery goals.
• Assist nursing staff in depot/clozapine clinic and conduct well-being checks.
• Participate in group activities involving Psychology and Occupational Therapy.

Skills

Caring nature

Compassionate nature

Basic understanding of IT

Good level of English (written and spoken)

Job description

Support Time Recovery Worker

The closing date is 12 October 2025. Thanet Mental Health Together Plus Team are currently looking to recruit to a Band 3 full-time Support time recovery worker, this post will be based at The Beacon Community Mental Health Team in the coastal town of Ramsgate.

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, 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.

You will work closely with occupational therapists and 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 as well as participation in groups with Psychology and Occupational Therapy and opportunities to run groups with Occupational Therapists

What you can expect once you join the team:

• Monthly supervision (clinical and managerial)
• Being part of the clinic staff supporting nurses with physical health monitoring for patients receiving Depot injections or clozapine blood monitoring.
• Opportunity to train in venepuncture and to perform ECG's
• MDT Risk Forum to discuss complex cases with high risks
• Mandatory Training
• Admin support

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

• Basic understanding of IT
• Previous knowledge of RiO

Experience

• Knowledge of Secondary Mental Health diagnosis
• Good level of english language written and spoken

Knowledge

• Caring and compassionate nature willingness to learn

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.