Job summary Join Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust as a Band 3 Support Time Recovery Worker at South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team covering Dover, Deal and Folkestone. We need: Compassionate individuals with strong communication and organizational skills. Our service focuses on promoting recovery for those people diagnosed with severe and enduring mental ill health. We provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services and work closely with local specialist mental health teams (e.g. Early Intervention Service, Home Treatment Teams, MIMHS) tertiary service providers, primary care, Kent Police, local statutory and non-statutory agencies, service users & carers. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). Main duties of the job The main elements of community mental health support work focus on collaborative working with service users to promote engagement and to facilitate an optimum level of independence and self-management. Our expectation is that you will endeavour to establish therapeutic relationships within which to address recovery goals in order to help service users to gain access to a range of resources and services to facilitate involvement and connection with the local community. Work closely with occupational therapists and to assist nursing staff with the effective functioning of a depot/clozapine clinic that will include well-being checks. Visiting people at their own home as required. Completing Dialog plus assessments by telephone or in person. Monitor and report on the mental state of service users. Provide support to service user, and identify needs. Opportunities to run recovery activities with Occupational Therapists About us Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time. Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube Details Date posted 14 May 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 3 Salary £24,625 to £25,674 a year per pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 380-EK309 Job locations South Kent Coast - Coleman House Brookfield Av Dover CT162AH Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role. Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role. Person Specification IT skills Essential Basic understanding of IT Desirable Previous knowledge of RiO Experience Essential Knowledge of Secondary Mental Health diagnosis Desirable Good level of english language written and spoken Knowledge Essential Previous mental health care experience Desirable Caring and compassionate nature willingness to learn Person Specification IT skills Essential Basic understanding of IT Desirable Previous knowledge of RiO Experience Essential Knowledge of Secondary Mental Health diagnosis Desirable Good level of english language written and spoken Knowledge Essential Previous mental health care experience Desirable Caring and compassionate nature willingness to learn 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. Employer details Employer name Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Address South Kent Coast - Coleman House Brookfield Av Dover CT162AH Employer's website https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab) Employer details Employer name Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Address South Kent Coast - Coleman House Brookfield Av Dover CT162AH Employer's website https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab). Location : South Kent Coast - Coleman House, Brookfield Av, CT162AH Dover, United Kingdom