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Job overview

We are currently look for a STAR Worker to work in a Bank role for one of our Community Mental Health Teams, based in Stevenage.

The role will include;

• Work as part of a team which provides mental health services to those experiencing their first episode of psychosis.
• Focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodation solutions using the Support Time and Recovery Model.
• Work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.
• Work closely in association with the Team Leader, other senior staff and other agencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STR services within available resources.
• Work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principles.
• Provide support, give time and thus promote recovery.

Main duties of the job

Job Responsibilities:
Provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and thus promote their recovery and promote their place in the broader community.
Contribute towards the management of a team of STR workers, by leading on clearly identified, appropriate day to day team management tasks.
Responsible for providing support to the care co-ordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focussed care plan for an allocated number of individual service users.
Ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
Positively promote independent living of service users within community.
Enable the capacity of the team to develop a rapport with service users, based upon attentiveness, sensitivity, understanding, compassion and honesty.
Develop plans that will enable the provision of practical support to service users and their carers in developing and managing dignity and independence.
Enable staff to provide support with daily ‘living of ordinary lives’
Ensure the right information is available to enable staff and service users to gain access to resources, including benefits and welfare rights.
Be responsible for reviewing information available to staff and service users for its quality and relevance.

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Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

With a workforce of c. 3,000 and an annual income of c. £200m, the Trust is organised across three Strategic Business Units and provides integrated health and social care services through a large network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Hertfordshire, Norfolk, North Essex and Buckinghamshire. As a university trust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research capability.

Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. Building on the CQC ‘ Outstanding’ rating given by the CQC in 2019, we remain on our “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and ultimately deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.                                                                                  

In our recent NHS Trust Survey, 95% of staff feel their role makes a difference to Service Users, 90% are enthusiastic about their roles and people would recomment us as a place to work