Support Time Recovery Worker | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a compassionate Support & Time Recovery Worker to join their Review and Resettlement Team. This role involves supporting individuals transitioning from hospital to community living. Candidates should have experience in mental health or social care and possess excellent interpersonal skills. The position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in clients' lives while working within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health or social care required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and flexibility in work needed.
• Commitment to inclusivity and diversity is essential.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence and wellbeing in service users.
• Support skill development and community connections.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide care.
• Travel to meet service users in their communities.
• Assist in discharge planning and transitioning patients.

Skills

Experience in mental health or social care

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work flexibly and independently

Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and reliable Support & Time Recovery Worker to join the Review and Resettlement Team. You will play a vital role in helping individuals transition from hospital to community living, working across a wide geographical area to provide personalised, recovery-focused support.

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 or 2:1 with service users to promote independence and wellbeing.
• Support people to develop daily living skills, build community connections, and achieve their recovery goals.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality care.
• Travel to meet service users admitted to out-of-area and their home communities during transition.
• Support the Complex Care Coordinator with the discharge planning process for patients admitted out of area, funded by the Mental OATS panel.
• Work as a member of the Review and Resettlement Team and be actively involved in the discharge planning process of all patients to improve the patient journey and minimise delays.
• Under the supervision of the Complex Care Coordinator, collaborate with other professionals in contributing towards discharge planning.
• Be responsible for supporting the Complex Care Coordinator with complex discharges and helping patients settle in their new environment for a minimum period of 3 months and facilitate transition back to Community Services.

Qualifications and qualities

• Experience in mental health or social care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work flexibly and independently.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

About the organisation and context

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 rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. 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.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day. We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025