Job summary Are you rewarded by supporting people to make positive changes in their lives? Are you seeking a new, engaging opportunity that allows you to utilise and further develop your skills? If so, we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Support, Time & Recovery (STR) workers to join our Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Team (FIRST). Encourage, inspire, motivate and empower service users, working alongside them, colleagues and external providers to promote their recovery, enable them to make a successful transition from in-patient to a community setting, and to maintain them in their community environment, helping them to build their own support needs. Main duties of the job To work as part of a team that provides specialist mental health services to service users with complex needs in a community setting, focusing on the direct needs of the service users and working across boundaries of care, organisation and roles. Service users are clients of specialist services in Secure and Complex Care and may be subject to Community Treatment Order or conditional discharge under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice. The successful candidate will: Be responsible for developing services and establishing activities for both groups and individual service users that align with their specific needs and recovery goals. Support service users to identify their needs and to assist care co-ordinators to plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans. Have the individual service user's needs to the fore at all times, working to the recovery model to support the service user to work towards 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. Date posted 27 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 4 Salary £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum, pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 436-6934556 Job locations Reaside Clinic - Community Service Building Birmingham Great Park, Bristol Road South Birmingham B45 9BE Job description Job responsibilities For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to attached Job Description and Personal Specification We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date, if a sufficient number of applications are received. We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK) Job description Job responsibilities For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to attached Job Description and Personal Specification We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date, if a sufficient number of applications are received. We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK) Person Specification Position Criteria Essential Relevant level 4 qualification in Health and Social Care or Level 3 (with willingness to attain Level 4) or equivalent work experience/training Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs Health/safety and risk awareness Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal and written) Ability to engage and motivate service users Desirable Relevant level 3 qualification Able to use knowledge, skills and experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support service users to participate in activity. Is able to deliver interventions demonstrating a commitment to anti discriminatory practice and with a positive approach to service users potential Proactively seeks out inequalities of disadvantaged groups and acts to raise awareness of the benefits of diversity and build active commitment to ensure equality of opportunity. An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings Person Specification Position Criteria Essential Relevant level 4 qualification in Health and Social Care or Level 3 (with willingness to attain Level 4) or equivalent work experience/training Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs Health/safety and risk awareness Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal and written) Ability to engage and motivate service users Desirable Relevant level 3 qualification Able to use knowledge, skills and experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support service users to participate in activity. Is able to deliver interventions demonstrating a commitment to anti discriminatory practice and with a positive approach to service users potential Proactively seeks out inequalities of disadvantaged groups and acts to raise awareness of the benefits of diversity and build active commitment to ensure equality of opportunity. An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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. Employer details Employer name Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Address Reaside Clinic - Community Service Building Birmingham Great Park, Bristol Road South Birmingham B45 9BE Employer's website https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)