We are looking for a Band 4 STaR Worker to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. For a period of 10 months Secondment to cover maternity leave. This will give the applicant a great opportunity to build on community experience. You will provide specialist support to service users based in the Hemel Hempstead area. You will need experience of working with people who have mental health issues in the community. Your role as support worker will be part of the wider multi disciplinary team and support the community treatment of people as part of the First Episode of Psychosis Pathway. The work is varied and rewarding. It can at times be challenging and unpredictable. You will need to be a good communicator, able to support people in distress or who are very unwell, be practical, sensible, and able to work alone as well as part of a skilled team. There is good opportunity for training in-house and also developmental opportunities for STaR Workers. This is a great opportunity for you to be part of a developing and exciting service, at the forefront of implementation of the First Episode of Psychosis pathway. This pathway will make a major difference to the quality of care received by those with First Episode Psychosis and greatly improve their ability to recover. You can play a valuable part in ensuring our service users receive the right treatment at the right time from an EIP service and can go on to lead full, hopeful and productive lives. To work as part of a team which provides mental health services to those experiencing their first episode of psychosis. To focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodation solutions using the Support Time and Recovery To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary. To work closely in association with the Team Leader, other senior staff and other agencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STR services within available resources. To work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission. Our Family Of Over 4,000 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gillian Pinnock Job title: Service Manager Email address: Gillian.Pinnocknhs.net Telephone number: 07717881795 Mary Ingram- 07788153910 ( Service Line Lead)