Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20998-A
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Mental Health Centre
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Support, Time & Recovery (STR) Worker
NHS AfC: Band 4
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you a Support Worker with a motivation to work in mental health?
Would you thrive in a role where you work with a relatively small, but complex caseload?
If so, our Band 4 Support, Time & Recovery (STR) Worker role in our Assessment & Treatment Service may be the role for you!
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled Band 4 STR worker. We are a well-staffed multi-disciplinary team made up of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers and a Pharmacy Technician.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve supporting Lead Practitioners with their caseload of patients. You will undertake duty tasks including supporting patients in crisis and with medication related matters. Your role will also involve supporting with running of groups, and providing long term social and practical support to service users by building up long term relationships with them
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living & Working in Brighton:
· Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
· Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
· Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
· 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
· 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
· 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for the full details on the role and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of three years working with people with mental health problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of emotional distress
- Experience of mental health services as a service user/carer
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels
- Basic written communication skills to enable completion of records etc
- 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 acknowledge diversity and promote antidiscriminatory practice/equal opportunities
- Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dominic Ison
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07715 484897
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