• Job Description

  Req#: C9354-25-0473?language=en&page=116&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, with a motivation to work in mental health?

  Would you thrive in a role where you work with a relatively small, but complex caseload?

  If so, our Band 4 STR role in our the Brighton and Hove Community Rehab Team (CRT) may be the role for you!

  Brighton CRT is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Band 4 STR worker for 30 hours per week. This post involves weekend working, mainly Mon-Fri 9-5, with specific shift patterns to be negotiated. Time owing for weekend work will be taken back during the week.

  We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and a Pharmacy Technician. We operate creatively and flexibly, sharing responsibility for risk management to support service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. We run groups for service users and adopt a biopsychosocial approach.

  Mental Health Rehabilitation aims to maximize an individual's quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy, and providing hope for the future. This leads to successful community living through appropriate support.

  Main duties of the job

  The Brighton CRS works with individuals who present with complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues and housing difficulties and may have often had unsuccessful working relationships with mental health services in the past. The work we do with this group is so crucial and the job satisfaction we receive when we make a breakthrough with patients is incredible.

  Your role will involve supporting Lead Practitioners with their relatively small, yet complex caseload. You will undertake duty tasks including supporting patients with rehabilitation goals, but also patients struggling to develop relationships with professions, who may be in crisis and with medication related matters. Your role will also involve supporting with running of groups and providing long term social and practical support to service users by building up long term relationships with them.

  Optionally, we would like a support worker who is willing to undertake venepuncture training and support with physical health checks.

  About us

  The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

  Living & Working in Brighton:

  Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions

  Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep

  Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

  We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

  Key staff survey results include:

  70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

  79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team

  77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

  Details

  Date posted

  09 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  354-AB-20922

  Job locations

  East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre

  Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove

  Brighton

  BN2 3EW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full details on the role.

  If you are applying for a secondment, please ensure that you have prior agreement from your current manager.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full details on the role.

  If you are applying for a secondment, please ensure that you have prior agreement from your current manager.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Minimum of three years working with people with mental health problems

  Desirable

  • Experience of emotional distress.
  • Experience of mental health services as a service user/carer

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  Essential

  • Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels
  • Basic written communication skills to enable completion of records etc
  • Empathy, compassion and patience
  • Willingness to be flexible in meeting service users needs
  • Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Minimum of three years working with people with mental health problems

  Desirable

  • Experience of emotional distress.
  • Experience of mental health services as a service user/carer

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  Essential

  • Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels
  • Basic written communication skills to enable completion of records etc
  • Empathy, compassion and patience
  • Willingness to be flexible in meeting service users needs
  • Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre

  Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove

  Brighton

  BN2 3EW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre

  Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove

  Brighton

  BN2 3EW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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