Support Time Recovery Worker - Forensic Psychiatry

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Support worker to join the Forensic Psychiatry Community Service on a full time permanent basis.

The post-holder will provide ongoing support, therapeutic interventions when agreed, practical assistance and problem resolution, under the supervision of a senior team member, to users of the Forensic Psychiatry Service., The post-holder will work with service users and the multi disciplinary team in an enthusiastic and conscientious way to ensure the delivery of high quality recovery focused care and support.

The role will require a real desire and ability to engage with service users in a confident, compassionate and non-judgemental manner, with a primary focus of enabling recovery, well-being and independence.

The service works with adults with diagnoses of mental health conditions and/or learning disability who present with a risk of significant harm to others, to achieve optimal management of risk and minimize re-offending. The service adopts a compassionate and trauma informed approach to promote relapse prevention and recovery, so enabling individuals to realise their full potential and support them to continue to live and build meaningful lives in the community.

You will be joining an experienced team of professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, support workers, administrators) who all share a passion and drive for delivering high quality care and treatment to service users with Forensic histories.

The service runs 7 days a week (8am till 8pm), excluding bank holidays, and will include shift work on a rotational basis.

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 andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include 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, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to 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 our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.