Job Summary
STR Workers provide Support, give Time to an allocated group of service users and thus promote their Recovery, helping them to maintain their independence in the community.
There are different levels of STR Workers: Foundation, Intermediate and Senior. The 3 levels relate to differences in (i) levels of experience and training, (ii) role, such as complexity of cases worked with and amount of supervision and support provided to other workers, and (iii) levels of autonomy and initiative required within the posts. As an Intermediate STR Worker, the role involves working with people with complex needs with a minimum of supervision. It also involves supporting and advising other STR Workers.
Main duties of the job
STR Workers are part of a team which provides mental health services, and their role is to focus on the day to day holistic support needs of service users. It may involve working across organisational and team boundaries. Their work is co-ordinated through the Care Programme Approach (CPA) process and part of the role is to assist the care co-ordinator to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.
About us
Our vision and values
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust provides mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services to the people of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, and West Sussex.
- We will work in new ways and we will develop new services.
- We will empower those who use our services. We will make a difference.
- We will be a creative and positive force. We will lead by example and we will be judged on what we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- To support, guide and liaise with Foundation STR Workers as part of the Foundation Workers overall support and development programme.
- To positively promote the recovery and independent living of service users within the community.
- To support service users in engaging effectively with their individual person centred care plan, and enable them to give feedback to their care co-ordinators on the care plan
- To be responsible for liaising with and providing information to other agencies involved in the support of the service user.
- To adhere to the recovery principles and therefore support and enable individuals to regain control, responsibility, hope and enjoyment.
- To develop meaningful relationships with service users within appropriate and transparent boundaries, and to seek support and use supervision to facilitate these relationships.
- To provide regular and practical support to service users and their carers (as appropriate) in developing and managing independence and maintaining dignity and self respect. This includes support with the tasks of daily living.
- To support service users in meeting holistic needs (education, welfare, financial, leisure, housing, spiritual etc) in partnership with other individuals and agencies.
- To promote physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being.
- To support service users in identifying early signs of relapse and in accessing timely support from range of other individuals and agencies. To support service user in identifying possible triggers or cause of relapse.
- To maintain accurate records as required by existing policy, entering appropriate details on the service users case notes as necessary.
- To attend staff meetings, agreed training and development sessions and supervision.
- To complete the Vocational Related Qualification (VRQ) level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Work and the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Social Care and Health level 3.
- To contribute to service development as an equal partner alongside service users and carers.
- To undertake any such other duties as may be determined on occasion within the general scope of the post.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience working with people with mental health problems
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.
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).
Closing Date: 20 August 2024
