Job summary
We are looking for a Support Time Recovery Worker to join our Mental Health Team(MHT+) , covering the South West Kent area.

You will work as part of a team that provides secondary mental health services, focusing on the direct needs of service users working across boundaries of care, organisation and role.

You will provide support and give time to the allocated group of service users in order to promote recovery and support them in their community environment and provide support to service users to identify their needs and assist clinicians to plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.

You will have the individual service users needs at the forefront at all times, working to the recovery model to support the service user to work towards their identified goals, using the agreed values and skills to underpin day to day work.

The role will give you the opportunity to be actively involved in the delivery of psychologically informed interventions with the support and guidance of a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a team that provides secondary mental health services, focusing on the direct needs of service users, working across shared pathways in Mental Health Together PLUS.
• Provide support and give time to an allocated group of service users in order to promote their recovery and maintain them in their community environment, helping them to build their own support network.
• Support service users to identify their needs and to assist clinicians to plan, implement and evaluate individuals care plans.
• Have the individual service user's needs at the forefront at all times and support the service user to work towards their identified goals.
• Use agreed values and skills to underpin day-to-day work.
• Be actively involved in the delivery of psychology informed interventions.

About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please be aware this post does not offer sponsorship as this is a band 3 position.

Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential

• NVQ L2 or L3 in mental health and social care award or equivalent
• Ability to demonstrate a good level of English and Maths skills

Desirable

• Training and Qualifications

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
• Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
• Ability to form professional relationships with other professionals including the local MDT

Experience
Desirable

• Experience of working in community mental health
• Experience in delivery psychologically informed interventions

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.