Health & Justice Support Time Recovery worker (STR)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working within Health and Justice Services to identify, assess, and provide short-term support to vulnerable individuals. The post holder will support individuals leaving Custody or Court, helping them prioritize needs, plan actions, and access appropriate services. This includes making referrals and supporting initial appointments. The role requires ongoing assessment and implementation of care services across an ageless service.
Essential criteria
- Competent in literacy and numeracy.
- Basic knowledge of physical / mental condition and rehabilitation.
- Computer Literacy.
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent of.
- Training in Support/Mentoring
- Adult/Child Safeguarding Training
- Experience working with individuals with a complex range of health and social care needs.
- Experience and/or sound knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.
- Qualifications & Training
- Competent in literacy and numeracy.
- Basic knowledge of physical / mental condition and rehabilitation.
- Computer Literacy.
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent of.
- Training in Support/Mentoring
- Adult/Child Safeguarding Training
- Experience working with individuals with a complex range of health and social care needs.
- Experience and/or sound knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.
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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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Health & Justice Support Time Recovery worker (STR)
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for working in Health and Justice (H&J) Services, dependent on skill and service need. Health and Justice is not itself a treatment service, but it is an identification, assessment and short-term support service.There will be Health and Justice Practitioners within Custody Suites, Courts and Prisons (RECONNECT) to identify and assess vulnerable individuals. It uses assessments to make appropriate referrals for treatment and support, and ensures criminal justice practitioners are notified of specific health requirements and vulnerabilities of an individual, which can be taken into account when decisions about charging and sentencing are made.The post holder will be responsible for providing short term support to vulnerable individuals upon leaving Custody or Court, where further support is required. The post holder will be responsible for working closely with the individual to prioritise need/s and plan actions to address the identified need/s. This may include supporting an individual to make a referral to a specific service and support the individual to attend the initial appointment with that service.
The role will involve ongoing assessment, accessing and implementing a wide and, at ti
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