Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 4 STR Worker - Enhanced RECONNECT/PROSPER

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Job summary

Are you rewarded by supporting people to make positive changes in their lives? We are looking to appoint three enthusiastic and highly motivated Support, Time & Recovery (STR) workers to join the PROSPER and Enhanced RECONNECT Services. PROSPER is an Intensive Intervention & Risk Management Service (IIRMS) for high-risk adult men and women likely to exhibit the characteristics associated with a diagnosis of personality disorder. The service is a partnership between Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust and The Probation Service . The service is part of the national Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway and is a hub-and-spoke service with its hub in Birmingham and the spokes in the wider West Midlands region.

Enhanced RECONNECT (ER) is an NHS England initiative being piloted at four sites across the UK. The service will support individuals with convictions who have been identified as high risk of harm to the public and have complex health needs which may impact on their risk of reoffending. Convictions may include violent and sexual offences, terrorist act offences and individuals at risk of committing terrorist acts. ER will take a partnership approach to ensure that individuals leaving prison have their needs met to reduce their risk of reoffending, through multiple agencies, including health, criminal justice, local authority, substance misuse services, employment services and voluntary sector organisations.

Main duties of the job

Working as a team player, you will need to be highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic and work within a psychological framework to aid the recovery and risk management of service users returning to community settings from prisons or secure hospitals. You will support the delivery of evidence-based recovery-focussed interventions and support individuals to achieve positive outcomes and recovery goals based on the multidisciplinary team assessment and formulation of the individual's needs. The role will involve engaging the service users via in-reach into the prison/hospital before they are released/discharged into the community and continuing to work with them in the community to promote recovery. The role will also involve working proactively with other professionals and services, such as GPs, substance use agencies, DWP, Housing providers, families & carers, friends and peer mentors to support recovery plans.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Details

Date posted

16 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

436-6628029

Job locations

Phoenix House

Harrison Road

Birmingham

B24 9SA


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant level 4 qualification or relevant level 3 qualification and extensive experience working within a mental health setting with people with severe and enduring mental health issues.

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a forensic setting/prison/Probation
  • Experience of mental health/social/ care services (as a service user/carer)
  • Experience of working with service user presenting with challenging behaviour

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to initiate and facilitate social and leisure activities with service users.
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

Behaviours

Essential

  • Works effectively as a member of a team, demonstrating appropriate professional behaviour.
  • Able to plan time taking account of other colleagues work plans to achieve the delivery of the service.

Desirable

  • Able to use knowledge and skills and mental health experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support service users to participate in activity.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant level 4 qualification or relevant level 3 qualification and extensive experience working within a mental health setting with people with severe and enduring mental health issues.

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a forensic setting/prison/Probation
  • Experience of mental health/social/ care services (as a service user/carer)
  • Experience of working with service user presenting with challenging behaviour

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to initiate and facilitate social and leisure activities with service users.
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

Behaviours

Essential

  • Works effectively as a member of a team, demonstrating appropriate professional behaviour.
  • Able to plan time taking account of other colleagues work plans to achieve the delivery of the service.

Desirable

  • Able to use knowledge and skills and mental health experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support service users to participate in activity.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Phoenix House

Harrison Road

Birmingham

B24 9SA


Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Phoenix House

Harrison Road

Birmingham

B24 9SA


Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Kate Harris

kate.harris9@nhs.net

07985882246

Details

Date posted

16 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

436-6628029

Job locations

Phoenix House

Harrison Road

Birmingham

B24 9SA


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