Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-20937(R)
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Mental Health Centre
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Carer STR Worker - Specialist Older Adults Mental Health Service
NHS AfC: Band 4
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you a Support Worker with a motivation to work in mental health?
Would you thrive in a role where you work with a relatively small, but complex caseload?
If so, our Band 4 Support Time Recovery Worker role in our Specialist Older Adults' Mental Health Service (SOAMHS) may be the role for you!
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled Band 4 STR worker. This post is for 37.5 hours per week to work with our enhanced duty team. This team is part of SOAMHS and provides intensive support to older people with dementia or mental ill health. The post holder will work on a rolling rota and the hours will be 9-7 which aligns to the working hours of the Intensive Support Team.
Main duties of the job
- To provide intensive support to older adults and people living with dementia.
- To reduce hospital admissions and mental health act detentions. This includes dementia and mental health inpatient admissions.
- To work in collaboration with families and carers and support them with their caring role
- To reduce carer breakdown due to strain of caring role
- To work alongside the multidisciplinary staff in the Intensive Support Team
- To provide personalized care and support to older people and their family / carers. Support with the development of contingency and crisis care planning.
- Signpost and support family / carer to access community and social activities to reduce carer loneliness and isolation. Work alongside the Soamhs Carer peer support worker to identify appropriate VSCE who can support in line with the ethos of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams.
- Contribute to formulation and multi-disciplinary team meetings
- There will be an expectation that the carer support worker will have capacity to spend extended periods of time with the person in crisis and their family / carers. Advise on psychosocial interventions which may reduce distress for both the patient and their family / carers.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living & Working in Brighton:
Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities. For any queries about the role or to arrange informal visits, please contact Sam Dizon (Lead Occupational Therapist), [email protected]
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience working with people with mental health problems
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
- Sam Dizon
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0092
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