Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY967-MF
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Gateway
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Support Time & Recovery Worker
Band 4
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed individual to join a
well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary team.
The Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention Service (EIS) specialises in working with individuals aged 14 to 64 at risk of, or currently experiencing, first episode psychosis. Our team provides a range of specialist interventions including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Family Interventions and Physical Health Assessment and Intervention.
Main duties of the job
We enjoy close working links with a range of community and inpatient services for young people and adults.
We place a strong emphasis on professional and clinical supervision in order to support and develop individuals as part of our commitment to maintain our focus on delivering the highest quality clinical service.
The post will provide an opportunity for those with a passion for social inclusion, recovery and meeting the physical health needs of community mental heath service users.
The post of Support Time & Recovery Worker is available in the Fylde and Wyre Early Intervention Service
Minimum professional qualifications: NVQ 3 or equivalent level of study
Hours: 1.00 (37.5 hours per week)
Salary Scale: Band 4
This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in the ongoing development of meeting the physical heath needs of service users accessing Early Intervention Service.
For further information on the above post please contact:
Simon Bray-Cotton EIS Service Manager: [email protected]
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To possess or meet the level of competence for Certificate in Community Mental Health and/or NVQ Level 3
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental disorders and its affects on individuals and society’s response.
- Knowledge of the links between MH and physical health.
- To demonstrate an awareness of the need to value diversity and work across cultures
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary setting.
- Experience of lone working within a community setting
- Minimum 2 years experience of working in a community setting with people with complex mental health and social care needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Bray-Cotton
- Job title
- EIS Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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