STR Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Preston, PR3 2JH |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6305534/351-SPS1105-EJ |
Summary
LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Support, Time and Recovery Worker (Physical Health)
Forensic Community Service, Guild Lodge
AfC Band 4 – 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Are you ready to join our award winning Specialist Service Network for a post in our Forensic Community Service?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Support, Time and Recovery Worker to join our Forensic Community Service, based at The Parlick Centre, Guild Lodge.
The Forensic Community Serviceis a well-established specialist team with a culture of close multi-disciplinary working. Supporting staff health and wellbeing is key to our success – we have innovated systems and initiatives to continue to drive and support this.
The successful applicant will be dynamic, forward thinking, and be passionate about working with service users who have complex forensic mental health needs, providing a recovery focused approach to care and treatment in the community. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to work well aspart of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, often autonomously, undertaking the role of Support, Time and Recovery Worker to meet the physical health needs for service users on theforensic community caseload.
The service operates from Monday to Friday 09:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., consideration can be given to support flexible working patterns outside of these core hours.
Some benefits of working for our service:
· All new starters are supported through an Induction period using our bespoke new starter induction pack
· Well-established supportive multi-disciplinary team with a culture of close inter-disciplinary working
· Ethos of supporting staff professional training and development
· Excellent peer-support group
· Staff supported to participate in our unique health and wellbeing initiatives
· All staff eligible for Trust-wide and local awards schemes
· Base situated on outskirts of Preston close to national motorway network
· Free on-site parking for all staff
· Access to staff Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points (charges apply)
· On-site canteen and close to local amenities
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.
Applicants will need to demonstrate their competency and experience in line with the person specification.
Informal visits are welcome and further clarification of what the post entails is available.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
As part of the pre-employment checks, successful candidates may be required to pay for their own DBS check at a cost of £44. Deductions will be taken from the first 3 months’ salary.Please note:This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Clearance.
If you are not invited to interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates. It is important that applicants log in to the website and check their NHS Jobs account on a regular basis to read and respond to any emails they may have received. If you do not have regular access to email/internet please advise the team of suitable contact details.
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024