Band 4 FIRST Support, Time & Recovery Worker (STR)

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives? Are you looking for a new and engaging opportunity that allows you to utilise and further develop your skills? If so, we invite you to apply for the positions of Support, Time & Recovery (STR) workers to join our Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Team (FIRST).

We have two vacancies available: one full-time position and one part-time position. Please indicate your preference in your application. This will be confirmed with candidates during the interview stage.

In this role, you will encourage, inspire, motivate, and empower service users. You will work collaboratively with them, your colleagues, and external providers to promote recovery. Supporting service users to successfully transition from an inpatient setting to the community and assist them in maintaining their stability within their community environment, helping them to build their own support networks.

Main duties of the job

Work as part of a team that provides specialised mental health services to individuals with complex needs in a community setting. The focus is on addressing the direct needs of these service users while collaborating across different care boundaries, organisations, and roles. These individuals are clients of specialised services in Secure and Complex Care and may be subject to a Community Treatment Order or conditional discharge under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice.

The successful candidate will:

• Engage service users through in-reach into the hospital before their discharge into the community, and continue to work with them in the community to promote recovery.
• Develop services and establish activities for both groups and individual service users that align with their specific needs and recovery goals.
• Support service users in identifying their needs and assist care coordinators in planning, implementing, and evaluating individual care plans.
• Prioritise the individual needs of service users at all times, working within a recovery model to help them achieve their identified goals.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.