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Mental Health Recovery Enablement Worker
The closing date is 03 March 2026
As part of community mental health transformation we are seeking to develop the community rehabilitation pathway across Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust with a particular focus on individuals with treatment resistant psychosis and frequent admissions or long stays in inpatient units locally, and out of county.
There is a plan for the future that the community rehabilitation to form part of a wider team within the intensive assertive pathway, which will lead to some exciting changes and opportunities, and we can discuss this further during the interview process.
Main duties of the job
As the Mental Health Recovery Enablement Worker the main duties will include:
* To act as mental health liaison for statutory and VCSE services
* To facilitate access to GHC services and activities to meet the needs of service users and carers within statutory and non-statutory community and in-patient settings and services.
* To improve pathways for people in mental distress who may be at risk of relapse or disengagement, by providing liaison between the Voluntary and Community Sector Services who work with, and engage with these individuals, and Statutory Mental Health Services
* To work alongside a number of service users on a one to one or group basis towards identified recovery goals
* Actively engage with service users including those that are placed out of area or in in-patient settings experiencing significant mental illness and complex psychosis
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of competency-based training in a relevant health or social care area PLUS theoretical and practical knowledge to diploma level equivalent, obtained through formal competency training, short courses and experience OR successful completion of approved associate practitioner training or relevant foundation degree or commitment to obtain within 2 years.
* Basic IT skills
* E-mailing
* Inputting Data
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
* Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Child Protection, Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
* Experience in mental health or social care services at Bands 2, 3 or 4, ideally in a community setting.
* Knowledge of the CPA process
* Knowledge and understanding of care planning and risk assessment (completed an Approved course in relation to Risk Assessment).
* Knowledge and understanding of using a Recovery based approach to care.
* Knowledge and understanding of social inclusion approach
* Clinical skills training (awareness of physical health and wellbeing).
* Awareness of issues of diversity
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Knowledge and understanding of Voluntary Care Sector and partnership working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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