Main area Adult Rehabilitation - Mental Health Services
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-MHC7001165
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Huyton Core & Cluster
Town: Huyton
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2025 23:59
Support, Time & Recovery Worker
Band 3
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
Are you a compassionate STR worker, with a passion for working with adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties? We are looking for two STR workers to join our residential mental health rehabilitation service at Huyton Core and Cluster, to deliver excellent patient care to our residents.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist with the continuity of care for service users within the appropriate care setting.
2. Work from the community environment.
3. Provide Support, give Time to an allocated group of service users and aim to promote Recovery predominantly within the community environment.
4. Facilitate and support the development of appropriate personal care.
5. Facilitate and support self-help, communication and social skills acquisition.
6. Assist and promote independence with activities of daily living.
7. Facilitate a service user's recovery by assisting them to participate in social, vocational, recreational and leisure activities within the appropriate setting.
8. Promote social inclusion through developing opportunities in areas such as employment, volunteering and education.
9. Participate in the implementation of specific programmes of care or therapy to develop and enhance socially appropriate adaptive behaviours under the supervision of qualified staff.
10. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
11. Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
12. Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner.
13. Contribute to the involvement of Service Users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care.
14. Provide reassurance and support to service users and carers/family.
15. Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that Service Users needs are met.
16. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
17. Contribute to the development of services.
18. Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources.
19. Help to identify early signs of relapse as described within the care plan and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service user's care.
20. Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.
21. Report any concern regarding Service User care to the Qualified Practitioner.
22. Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of Service User care.
23. Participate in Service User and public involvement activities.
24. Support individuals' equality, diversity and rights.
25. Participate in Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience within a care setting*
Experience/ Knowledge
* Ability to function effectively as a team member.
* Experience of working with persons within the appropriate care setting and their carers.
* An understanding of the organisation of nursing care.
* Basic understanding of NHS issues.
* Basic awareness of the Mental Health Act.
* Safeguarding children/vulnerable adults guidelines.
* Overview and knowledge of acute mental health related issues.
Skills
* Ability to communicate and engage with Service Users.
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate.
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.
* Ability to work alone in a range of community environments.
* Venepuncture training.
* First Aid.
* CPR training.
Values
* Accountability.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change oriented.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.
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