Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the Black Country we provide: Adult and older adult mental health services Specialist learning disability services Mental health services for children and young people Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving. We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance. We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’. Job overview To work as part of a team, which promotes social inclusion and access for services users in recovery from mental health difficulties. The teams focus is on the individual needs and wishes of service users, working across boundaries of care in enabling and empowering individuals to access opportunities and promote their recovery. To provide support and give time to an allocated group of service users with complex needs to promote their recovery and maintain them in their community environment. To assist care coordinators to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans. Advert To provide individual or group interventions to service users and/or carers in accordance with care plans. To support and monitor service users and to share as appropriate with relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team/other services. To seek advice and guidance from Senior Staff as appropriate. To demonstrate effective communication with service users/carers /members of the Multidisciplinary team and other services Working for our organisation Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust’s values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues’ behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To provide individual or group interventions to service users and/or carers in accordance with care plans. To support and monitor service users and to share as appropriate with relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team/other services. To seek advice and guidance from Senior Staff as appropriate. To demonstrate effective communication with service users/carers /members of the Multidisciplinary team and other services To accompany staff on community visits as required. To attend clinical meetings and provide feedback as appropriate. To contribute to the development of the community team for adult with mental health difficulties. Responsible for supporting the care co-ordination process for an allocated number of individual service users. To actively participate in training sessions, team/care plan review meetings and supervision as appropriate. To receive clinical supervision and caseload management To support service users to engage effectively with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis. Positively promote independent living of service users within community. Developing a rapport based within appropriate and transparent boundaries. Provide regular and therapeutic activities to service users and their carers in developing and managing their independence. To be aware of the escalation process to highlight any service user potential risk in a timely manner to contribute to ongoing risk reduction and management Help service users gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights. Provide information on health promotion. Job Description – Support, Time and Recovery (STR) Worker Jon– Band 3 Assist in identifying early warning signs of relapse by monitoring the service users’ progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in their care. To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service users’ records as necessary. To undertake other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post and service needs. Participate in the planning of protocols to develop the service. Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming response of applications. We therefore encourage applicants to apply early if you wish to be considered for this post. If you do not hear from the Recruitment team within the advertised closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage. Please ensure that you check your emails on a regular basis for any recruitment updates regarding this vacancy. If you are not successful at the shortlisting stage and would like feedback, please contact the Recruitment Team directly for feedback. The salary range quoted is as per NHS Agenda for Change pay structures where applicable. This is based on the number of years’ working directly within the NHS at the advertised pay band. Experience gained with other NHS Trusts will apply, but candidates without prior experience working direct for the NHS would normally be appointed at the lowest point unless they can demonstrate the equivalent experience and then be eligible for incremental increases in future years. Medical and Very Senior Manager roles are exempt from agenda for change and subject to alternative remuneration structures. Successful applicants for clinical posts up to and including Band 4 are expected to hold the national Care Certificate qualification and will be supported to attain this once in post. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities, providing opportunities for flexible working and is a non-smoking organisation. As a Trust we are passionate about Anti-Racism, Disability Inclusion, and LGBTQ Equality, and are committed to diversifying our staff team in all areas and at all levels of seniority to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. Therefore, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from people who belong to a minority or marginalised community, including from Black and Asian, Disabled (including hidden disabilities such as Neurodiversity, Mental Health, etc), or Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans or Queer (LGBTQ) people. Furthermore, Disabled applicants have the option of requesting that their application is considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). Please indicate your intention to apply under the GIS in the relevant section of your application. Regardless of whether you participate in the scheme or have shared a disability, you will be provided the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments to the interview process at each stage of the recruitment process. Due to the nature of the work some posts may be subject to a Standard Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, through the Disclosure and Barring Service as stipulated under part V of the Police Act 1997. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us; this will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances of your offences.