Support Time Recovery Worker: Sponsorship Available

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly commissioned Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Service. The service provides an OPD outreach service to men within HMP High Down and a specialist residential Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) unit for men with learning disabilities. The services form part of the national Men’s OPD pathway and the LD PIPE is a national first.

You will be joining a staff team that will include Psychologists, a Neurodiversity Practitioner, Occupational Therapist and Prison Officers. We are seeking a compassionate & enthusiastic Support Time Recovery Worker with an interest in helping service users to develop the skills and knowledge needed to live independently on progression from the service.

This is a London Pathways Partnership (LPP) service, with CNWL as the lead provider. LPP is a consortium of 5 NHS Trusts working in partnership to deliver a network of services to complex and high-risk service users in London & the Southeast. LPP deliver integrated services, primarily within the OPD pathway across London community & within several local prisons, thus ensuring a supported prison to community pathway. LPP also have an active staff development programme which may include training & accredited supervision in specialist therapies provision. We actively support research and have close relationships with academics from several local universities.

 

Main duties of the job

  • To assist in the day to day running of the Progression PIPE and Outreach service, including facilitating group skills and social-creative sessions and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings.
  • To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting and enhancing the psychological wellbeing of residents within the OPD services in HMP high Down.
  • To support the work of occupational and psychological therapists and work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting and enhancing the psychological wellbeing of residents within the OPD services in HMP High Down.
  • To assist in the day to day running of the Progression PIPE and Outreach service, including facilitating group skills and social-creative sessions and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 or 4 or demonstrable equivalent in health or social care

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Experience of mental health services (as a worker, service user or carer)

Other

Essential

  • Commitment to promoting healthy functioning of people with personality disorders
  • An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour

Desirable

  • Awareness of forensic mental health
  • An understanding of the mental health system
  • An understanding of safeguarding adults and children

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 21 April 2026

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