Support Time and Recovery Worker

Job overview

CAMEO operates across our Foundation Trust via two established bases in Cambridge and Peterborough. This post will be located in the dynamic and multi-cultural city of Cambridge and surrounding areas.

To contribute to the regular reviews of service users in the team.

If you are passionate about the values that underpin Early Intervention work and in supporting service users throughout their recovery journeys, then we look forward to meeting you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support service users with their recovery journeys through collaborative goal setting with a range of priority health and social needs under the supervision of a senior member of the team.

Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the user’s progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individual's care.

Participate in regular planning and review meetings with the clinician supervising pieces of work and maintain quality and management of clinical caseload within supervision process.

Maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service user’s case notes as necessary.

Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work with service users to facilitate access and engagement in a range of socially inclusive (including vocational) community-based activities.
• Develop an alliance based upon collaboration and mutual respect and within appropriate and transparent boundaries.
• Help users gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights, using internal and external expertise as required.
• Provide simple psychological interventions as required under the supervision of an appropriately qualified clinician.
• Attend and participate in wider team/care plan review meetings as appropriate.
• Develop good working relationships and work collaboratively with other organizations that are able to help individuals achieve their goals, including vocational and educational providers, training providers, voluntary agencies, accommodation and financial services.
• Participate in the on-going review of the STR workers role and contribute to the Trust-wide process.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties other than dementia
• Previous experience of working in a health or social care setting, either statutory or non-statutory service
• Previous work with people suffering with serious mental distress evidence required

• Experience of working with service users in a community setting
• Lived experience of mental health

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work as part of an MDT
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to extend compassion and empathy for vulnerable people, advocating on their behalf as required
• Basic understanding of the interface between health/social care/housing/education/criminal justice services and a commitment to overcoming potential barriers

• A good working knowledge of the Self Directed Support system

Knowledge & Understanding

• Good knowledge about psychosis and First Episode Psychosis
• Good understanding of the difficulties faced by people experiencing mental health problems
• An awareness of the principles of social inclusion

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel independently in the community
• Full UK driver's licence and access to a vehicle

Education/Qualification

• GCSE’s grade A-C (including Maths and English) -Evidence required
• NVQ Level 3 OR equivalent experience (Grade required)
• A full Care Certificate (Evidence required)

• Training in mental health or social care (grade qualification required)

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people’s mental health services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.