Overview
Our skilled Support, Time and Recovery (STR) workers focus on building strong, positive relationships with the people they support—and their families too. It’s all about trust, empathy, and creating a safe space for recovery to begin. The successful applicant will not work alone and will collaborate closely with our mental health nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, and other professionals to ensure care is holistic and tailored to each individual. Helping people reconnect with their communities is a big part of the role, including supporting individuals in overcoming loneliness and rebuilding their social lives. For those facing challenges with drugs or alcohol, STR workers offer guidance, encouragement, and practical support on the road to recovery. Sometimes individuals may express distress through difficult behaviour; STR workers are trained to respond with patience, understanding, and effective strategies. Whether it’s self-directed support, joining a local group, volunteering, or getting out and about, STR workers help people find meaningful ways to engage with their communities, housing, councils and health care services.
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Responsibilities
* 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.
* Work with service users to facilitate access and engagement in a range of socially inclusive (including vocational) community-based activities.
* Develop an alliance based on collaboration and mutual respect within appropriate and transparent boundaries.
* Help users gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights, using internal and external expertise as required.
* Help identify early signs of relapse by monitoring progress, level of functioning and mental state, and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individual’s care.
* Provide simple psychological interventions as required under the supervision of an appropriately qualified clinician.
* Participate in regular planning and review meetings with the supervising clinician and maintain quality management of clinical caseload within supervision (caseload may be supervised by more than one team member).
* Maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service user’s case notes as necessary.
* Attend and participate in wider team/care plan review meetings as appropriate.
* Develop good working relationships and collaborate with other organisations that help individuals achieve their goals, including vocational and educational providers, training providers, voluntary agencies, accommodation and financial services.
* Participate in the ongoing review of the STR workers’ role and contribute to the Trust-wide process.
* Work flexibly as required by the individual and the Employer, including possible work outside normal office hours and using early intervention approaches and ethos.
* Use assertive outreach approaches and manage your diary accordingly.
* Support service users in using the self-directed support (SDS) system to meet care needs, and assist staff from other teams in using SDS and Direct Payments.
Requirements & Additional Information
Please note that you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. Public transport is not suitable for this role as a reliable means of transport for meeting service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
*DVLA has reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries; for further information please visit the DVLA website.
About CPFT
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver NHS services in inpatient, primary care, and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health; forensic and specialist mental health; learning disabilities; primary care and liaison psychiatry; substance misuse; social care; and research and development.
Equality & Recruitment
We recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Important Notices
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications. We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles; if sponsorship is not available for a role, your application may be rejected from the process. For more information about CPFT, please visit www.cpft.nhs.uk. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Closing
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.
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