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Band 3
Full-time

Support Time Recovery Worker

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS TrustHighlands House, Tunbridge Wells, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2JN, United Kingdom£25,760 - £27,476Closes 29/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time
Posted
15/09/2026
Closes
29/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for a motivated Support Worker to assist service users within the Mental Health Together and Mental Health Together Plus services. You will provide support using Dialog+, deliver group interventions, and contribute to assessing clients. The position involves facilitating access to community activities, promoting equality and dignity, and helping service users develop coping strategies based on CBT and mindfulness approaches.

Key responsibilities

  • Assess and plan alongside the needs of the service user.
  • Liaise with Clinical Pathway Leads and follow Dialog+ protocols.
  • Deliver group-based interventions.
  • Contribute to assessing clients referred to Mental Health Together or Mental Health Together Plus.
  • Work with individuals to facilitate access and engagement in leisure and community-based activities.
  • Assist in delivering a high standard of support to service users and their carers, promoting equality, dignity, and mental well-being.

Essential criteria

  • Previous Experience in health care
  • NVQ Level 2 in Care/ community Mental Health Care or agreed equivalent experience
  • Commitment to undertake and to gain appropriate Level 3 qualification within an agreed time limit
  • Basic written communication skills to enable completion of records etc

Desirable criteria

  • Previous Mental Health experience
  • NVQ Level 3 in Care/Certificate in Community Mental Health Care or agreed equivalent
  • Ability to listen effectively and communicate effectively at all levels

Useful to know

Band 3 pay context

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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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Support Time Recovery Worker

The closing date is 29 September 2026

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Support Worker who is keen to support our service users by providing Dialog+ and supporting with delivering interventions.

A Support Worker is a key staff member within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess and plan alongside the needs of the service user, liaise with our Clinical Pathway Leads, Following Dialog+, deliver group-based interventions, influence and drive change, promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience.

You will contribute to assessing clients referred to Mental Health Together or Mental Health Together Plus. Work with individuals to facilitate access and engagement in a range of leisure and other community-based activities, working across boundaries of care within either Mental Health Together or Mental Health Together Plus. Assist in delivering a high standard of support to service users and their carers, promoting their equality, dignity and mental well-being at all times.

Actively listen to help the service user make sense of their mental health problems using a basic CBT formulation model and enable people with mental health needs to develop coping strategies, based on a CBT and mindfulness approach.

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