STR Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The Forensic Community Serviceis a well-established specialist team with a culture of close multi-disciplinary working. Supporting staff health and wellbeing is key to our success - we have innovated systems and initiatives to continue to drive and support this.

The successful applicant will be dynamic, forward thinking, and be passionate about working with service users who have complex forensic mental health needs, providing a recovery focused approach to care and treatment in the community. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to work well aspart of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, often autonomously, undertaking the role of Support, Time and Recovery Worker to meet the physical health needs for service users on theforensic community caseload.

The service operates from Monday to Friday 09:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., consideration can be given to support flexible working patterns outside of these core hours.

Some benefits of working for our service:

· All new starters are supported through an Induction period using our bespoke new starter induction pack

· Well-established supportive multi-disciplinary team with a culture of close inter-disciplinary working

· Ethos of supporting staff professional training and development

· Excellent peer-support group

· Staff supported to participate in our unique health and wellbeing initiatives

· All staff eligible for Trust-wide and local awards schemes

· Base situated on outskirts of Preston close to national motorway network

· Free on-site parking for all staff

· Access to staff Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points (charges apply)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

Applicants will need to demonstrate their competency and experience in line with the person specification.

Informal visits are welcome and further clarification of what the post entails is available.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.