Support Time & Recovery Worker - Assertive Outreach Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Support Time and Recovery Worker to join the Assertive Outreach Team within the Community Mental Health Service. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions to individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions, supporting them in their community environment and during transitions from inpatient care. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with partner agencies, promoting independence and wellbeing. A full driving licence and access to transport are essential for this community-based role.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willing to undertake full training to achieve this standard
- Experience of working with people e.g in a caring situation, dealing with the general public.
- Experience of working in community settings.
- Experience of the assessment process and positive risk management.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in caring for people with a severe mental illness.
- Additional Criteria
- Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.
- How to deal sensitively with distress, disturbance and unpredictability.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety.
- Knowledge of moving and handling.
- NVQ Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willing to undertake full training to achieve this standard
- Experience of working with people e.g in a caring situation, dealing with the general public.
- Experience of working in community settings.
- Experience of the assessment process and positive risk management.
- Previous experience in caring for people with a severe mental illness.
- Additional Criteria
- Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.
- How to deal sensitively with distress, disturbance and unpredictability.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety.
- Knowledge of moving and handling.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Support Time & Recovery Worker - Assertive Outreach Team
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Support Time and Recovery Worker (ST&R) to join our Assertive Outreach Team within the Community Mental Health Service.
The Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Directorate provides inpatient and community-based support to patients and carers while also supporting the wellbeing of staff.
The Community Mental Health Service interventions are provided to people living in the community who require support with severe and enduring mental health conditions.
As a Support Time and Recovery Worker (ST&R) within our Assertive Outreach Team, you will be an integral part of the Community Mental Health Service, delivering evidence-based interventions to a caseload of individuals with mental health difficulties. A collaborative, recovery-focused and strengths-based approach is essential to this role. The post holder will be supporting individuals in their community environment as well as providing in-reach to those who are in-patients to support them to return home.
The successful candidate will work within a Community Mental Health Service that has challenged the traditional boundaries between primary and secondary care in partnership with the Voluntary Community and Social Enterpri
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