Support and Recovery Worker
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 March 2026 |
| Location: | Gloucester, GL1 3NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9327-26-0180 |
Summary
Working alongside Mental Health Liaison Practitioners, the post holder will be based within The Mental Health Liaison Service (Working Age Adults). The role will cover Gloucester Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals, working with individuals with mental health problems and other vulnerabilities that have come into contact with the Emergency Departments and Inpatient Wards. The post holder will support clients to access and utilise a range of community services in order to improve their use of these resources, which is likely to improve their mental health, social difficulties, and reduce the risk of them re-offending. The post holder will actively engage and work with a small number of individuals who are likely to have a wide range of mental health problems, along with a level of co-existing complex needs, including homelessness, substance misuse problems, significant risk histories and social exclusion, and who at times may present with extremely challenging behaviours. The support and recovery workers will provide time limited 1:1 support to clients, enabling them to access a wide range of services that can provide help and advice with, for example, mental health, housing, social exclusion, substance misuse, education, employment and debt management difficulties. The post holder will be expected to develop good links with community resources in order to enable improved and supported access to services. In summary, the post holder will support service users in their community environment to promote their recovery and will assist the Mental Health Liaison Practitioners to assess, plan, implement and evaluate short term care plans.