Support, Time & Recovery Worker: Sponsorship Available

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are looking for you to join our Hampshire Liaison and Diversion team. You will have a keen interest in Liaison and Diversion and a passion about supporting our service users as they make their way through police custody, court and up to prison.

We are a dynamic, people-centred team who are looking for some who is passionate about health outcomes for those making their way through the criminal justice system.

With a reputation for excellence, our service is committed to improving the health of our clients, identifying care pathways, and reducing reoffending.

Recognised with a number of awards, including a Thames Valley/Hampshire Constabulary Police Commendation, Berkshire Healthcare ‘Team of the Year’ and runner-up for the Howard League for Penal Reform ‘Liaison and Diversion Service of the Year’.

We value our employees and put people first. We achieved an ‘Outstanding’ rating overall in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: ‘Managers across Berkshire Healthcare promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values.’

We operate across Hampshire, but this post is predominately based in the community working with those who have been released from HMP Winchester working for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Monday – Friday 9am-5pm based primarily within the community or the prison settings, there may be times you are required to step into court and custody too.
  • You will support people who are typically hard to engage, you will talk to families and friends, to gain a holistic understanding of the client’s circumstances and facilitate their access to support services, providing individualised support with practical problems or difficulties that may be affecting their health and wellbeing.
  • An empathetic advocate of service users, you will promote their rights and responsibilities, building a rapport, whilst maintaining appropriate and transparent boundaries. You will be emotionally resilient, able to cope with people potentially displaying challenging behaviour and distressing situations
  • To provide help and advice to service users that includes housing, social isolation and exclusion, education, debt management and employment problems etc.
  • To provide the court with written and verbal information pertaining to the individual in a timely fashion to inform disposal
  • To work closely and build links with all referring agencies within the custody suite, court and probation acting as a single point of contact for health
  • To work autonomously, with the ability to organise and manage own time according to delegated workload

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent and relevant health related training to diploma level equivalent.
  • Minimum of 12-18months relevant experience at band 2/3 level

Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

  • Evidence of attendance at relevant conferences/training courses
  • Evidence of recent reading research around speciality

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience of supporting people with identified vulnerabilities

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the criminal justice system

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of the Liaison & Diversion agenda
  • IT competent

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the criminal justice system
  • Knowledge of the health & social care systems

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Full driving License and car owner
  • Skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively.

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: 14 December 2025

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