Support, Time and Recovery Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for the post of Support, Time & Recovery (STaR) Worker has become available in East South East Hertfordshire Adult Community Mental Health Services.

You will have experience of working in a community based setting. You will be responsible for providing care to clients living in the Community experiencing, or recovering from, mental health difficulties, specifically focusing on Recovery principles.

Where appropriate additional training will be provided.

You will provide direct support and advice to Service Users (Adults of all ages) and Carers, within the recovery framework, embracing the individual right to choice and control.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary Team, working in partnership with a range of stakeholders inside and outside of the Trust.

You will be required to demonstrate their knowledge of the relevant legislation, theory and policy in relation to the care group.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team which provides mental health services.To focus directly the on the needs of service users using the Support Time and Recovery Model.To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.To work closely in association with the Team Leader, duty worker, other senior staff and other agencies.To work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principles.To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery.To work with other providers to maximize service user participation in their local communityTo support our duty and initial Assessment Service.To undertake carers assessment and support of carers identified in the team.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford House - Bishops Stortford

London Rd

East Hertfordshire

CM23 3LA

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford House - Bishops Stortford

London Rd

East Hertfordshire

CM23 3LA

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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