FACT Support Time And Recovery Worker

A new opportunity for the post of Senior Support, Time & Recovery (STaR) Worker has become available in NW Hertfordshire in the friendly FACT 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.

You must have your own form of Transport to :-

To work as part of a team which provides mental health services.

To focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodation solutions 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, other senior staff and other agencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STR services within available resources.

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.

Please be aware that HPFT no longer provide sponsorship for support worker roles.

Job description

To enable staff to provide support with daily living of ordinary lives

To ensure the right information is available to enable staff and service users to gain access to resources, including benefits and welfare rights.

To be responsible for reviewing information available to staff and service users for its quality and relevance.

To help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the service users progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service users care.

To report regularly to care co-ordinators and appropriate key workers.

To maintain accurate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service users case notes / electronic patient records as necessary.

To ensure the service user understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector / agency boundaries with key contact points / named individuals.

To participate in and be responsible for appropriate elements of staff development as part of STaR Team meetings as and when required.

To liaise and work in close co-operation with the Team Leader, other mental health professionals, and voluntary and private sector agencies as required, to help ensure that best value services are delivered to the users of STaR services.

To undertake direct service user work where this is deemed appropriate, and to proactively engage service users in working to achieve their own desired outcomes, in housing related matters, in line with recovery principles, and recorded in their care plans.

To respond to urgent situations emergencies or crises using local protocols.

To lead on the development of structured and semi-structured group work with service users within the community settings, and to contribute to the research of local need and the development of such groups to meet it.

To use information systems including information technology and be willing to undertake appropriate training.

To attend and actively participate in training sessions, team / care plan review meetings and supervision as appropriate.

To undertake such other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post.

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
• NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
• Commitment to Continuing Personal Development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Basic written communication skills
• Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen effectively
• Understanding of the Care Act
• Understanding of the Personal Budget process
• Empathy, compassion and patience
• Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
• Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
• Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
• A keenness to make a positive contribution to improving the quality of life for people with mental health problems
• Ability to use structured therapeutic skills, such as solution focussed therapy, or a commitment to acquiring such skills
• Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote antidiscriminatory practice/equal opportunities
• Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities

About the employer

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4200 members of staff provide health and social care for 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. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.