Job overview

Our skilled Support, Time and Recovery (STR) workers focus on building strong, positive relationships with the people they support—and their families too. It’s all about trust, empathy, and creating a safe space for recovery to begin.

The successful applicant will not work alone. STR workers collaborate closely with our mental health nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, and other professionals to make sure care is truly holistic and tailored to each individual.

Helping people reconnect with their communities is a big part of the role. STR workers support individuals in overcoming loneliness and rebuilding their social lives.

For those facing challenges with drugs or alcohol, STR workers offer guidance, encouragement, and practical support on the road to recovery.

Sometimes, individuals may express distress through difficult behaviour. Our STR workers are trained to respond with patience, understanding, and strategies that help.

Whether it’s, self-directed support, joining a local group, volunteering, or just getting out and about, STR workers help people find meaningful ways to engage with their communities, housing, councils and health care services.

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Main duties of the job

To support service users with their recovery journeys through collaborative goal setting with a range of priority health and social needs under the supervision of a senior member of the team.

 Work with service users to facilitate access and engagement in a range of socially inclusive (including vocational) community based activities.

 Develop an alliance based upon collaboration and mutual respect and within appropriate and transparent boundaries.

 Help users gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights, using internal and external expertise as required.

 Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the user’s progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individuals care.

Provide simple psychological interventions as required under the supervision of an appropriately qualified clinician.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk