Support Time Recovery Worker | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2JN |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7717393/380-WK0323-A |
Summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Support Worker who is keen to support our service users by providing Dialog+ and supporting with delivering interventions.
A Support Worker is a key staff member within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess and plan alongside the needs of the service user, liaise with our Clinical Pathway Leads, Following Dialog+, deliver group-based interventions, influence and drive change, promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.
You will contribute to assessing clients referred to Mental Health Together or Mental Health Together Plus. Work with individuals to facilitate access and engagement in a range of leisure and other community-based activities, working across boundaries of care within either Mental Health Together or Mental Health Together Plus. Assist in delivering a high standard of support to service users and their carers, promoting their equality, dignity and mental well-being at all times. Actively listen to help the service user make sense of their mental health problems using a basic CBT formulation model and enable people with mental health needs to develop coping strategies, based on a CBT and mindfulness approach.
What is Mental Health Together +?
In Kent and Medway, the community mental health transformation has created a new service model called Mental Health Together.
It is a multi-agency offer, which means bringing all the services and agencies that support people with varying mental health needs much closer together. This ensures that people get the right care, without having to navigate service boundaries and without repeatedly telling their story.
Mental Health Together will introduce new roles as part of a new, joined-up model of care that bridges the current gap between primary care (i.e., GPs) and community mental health (i.e., KMPT). It will treat people with complex mental health needs by:
• Providing someone with support in a person-centred, holistic way
• Removing barriers to access, and thresholds across services, working together
• Involving service users and carers as equal partners in their care
• Building in involvement and co-production at all levels of service design and delivery
• Delivering needs-led and personalised trauma-informed care.
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We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align with our requirements
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Jan 2026
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