Outreach Support, Time, and Recovery Worker

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Outreach Support, Time, and Recovery Worker

The closing date is 28 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Liaison & Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Outreach Support, Time, Recovery Worker based in Brighton and covering East and West Sussex.

Liaison & Diversion (L&D) services identify people who have substance misuse, mental health, learning disability or other vulnerabilities when they first come onto contact with the criminal justice system. We look to identify unmet need and vulnerabilities that often lead to or exacerbates offending behaviour, offer onward referral and signposting as appropriate.

We liaise across agencies to support onward planning and intervention to address identified needs and where appropriate support the diversion of individuals away from the criminal justice process into a more appropriate setting.

We offer brief community based intervention to maximise service user access and engagement with appropriate services.

This is an all age service and so you will be required to work with people from the age of 10 years upwards.
The post holder will be expected to travel across the MPFT footprint

Main duties of the job

The main focus of the outreach service is to support vulnerable adults to engage in the services available in the community.

This may mean supporting people to health appointments, engagement in mental health and drug and alcohol services. Support with accessing online therapeutic interventions that will be available. Providing psycho social approaches, advice and guidance to help support health inequalities and support approaches to help reduce the risks of reoffending.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are \’United in our Uniqueness\’ and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Job responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities: Working with service users referred to Health & Justice and the individuals carers, helping to promote self-determination, choice and autonomy. To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and relatives / carer. Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy. Assess patient\’s individual care needs, agree, and refer on to appropriate agency. Involve the individual in the planning and prioritisation of their activity where possible. Provide short term intervention to encourage individual to engage with services and attending their initial appointments. Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence. Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions. Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of process, as part of the Health & Justice Service. Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level. Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service (as set by the Team Leader) are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved. To attend relevant clinical meetings / forums as requested. To plan and manage own delegated workload on a day to day basis. To support with the planning induction of students and new staff. To remain up to date and compliant with mandatory training requirements. Due to the nature of the role the post holder will be required to have a driving licence and access to a car with business insurance as transporting of service users may be required. Please see the attached Job description/Person specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Competent in literacy and numeracy.
• Basic knowledge of physical / mental condition and rehabilitation.
• Computer Literacy.
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care or equivalent of. Training in Supporting / Mentoring Adult / Child Safeguarding Training Care Certificate.

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of vulnerabilities which may include mental health, physical health, learning disabilities, abuse, addiction, and social issues.
• Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory agencies.
• Experience and/or sound knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.
• Lived Experience of vulnerability, criminal justice systems and / or leaving care.
• Experience of working in a community-based setting.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Awareness of a range of vulnerabilities. An awareness of the impact of vulnerabilities on individuals.
• Basic understanding of the Recovery Model.
• Ability to form rapport with individuals and groups.
• A basic understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983(07).
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, even in challenging and complex situation.
• Willingness to work flexibly.
• Car owner / driver – business insurance will be required.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work under pressure, deploy social resilience strategies.
• A commitment to equality of opportunities, and anti-oppressive/anti-discriminatory practice.
• A passion for promoting the rights and entitlements for those who face discrimination as a result of a range of vulnerabilities.
• A champion for the values and objectives of well-being, prevention, early intervention.

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.

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust