Recovery Support Worker | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in London inLondon PUBLISHED TUE 28 OCT 2025 Jump to job information section

Recovery Support Worker | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust Job details Posting date: 28 October 2025 Salary: Not specified Additional salary information: £27,485 - £30,162 per annum plus of inner or outer London HCAS Hours: Full time Closing date: 30 November 2025 Location: London, SW17 0YF Company: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust Job type: Permanent Job reference: 7580461/294-COMM-7580461-JB Apply for this job Summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recovery Support Worker to join the fast growing, dynamic Community Team. This is a new exciting role, following the development of the Intensive and Assertive Model of Care which seeks to ensure collaborative work with individuals at high risk who need intensive support. You play a key role in delivering recovery-focused mental health care. We’re looking for someone who: • Has lived experience or professional experience in mental health support. • Is empathetic, resilient, and culturally aware. • Can build trusting relationships and communicate effectively. • Is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. • Has knowledge of local services and community networks. Key responsibilities include promoting independent living, supporting access to community resources, health services, and welfare benefits, and helping individuals develop daily living skills and self-management strategies. The role involves contributing to assessments, care planning, and reviews, while providing both practical and emotional support throughout the recovery journey. You will help individuals achieve their goals through brief interventions and low-level psychosocial support tailored to their needs and abilities. Engaging with families, carers, and community resources is key, as is identifying early signs of relapse and ensuring timely communication with clinical teams. Accurate record-keeping and a commitment to maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the client group and services are essential. The postholder will monitor wellbeing, identify early signs of relapse, and maintain accurate records in line with Trust policies. They will also contribute to safeguarding, risk management, and emergency support, while fostering professional relationships and advocating for service user needs across services. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with mental health professionals and voluntary sector partners to promote independence, self-advocacy, and social inclusion. We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey. 1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise. 2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support. 3. Supporting the patients management of care needs through: a. Initial data collection b. Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress c. Feedback and discussion d. Producing reports and in-care reviews e. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse. 4. In a junior leadership role leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including: a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non-judgmental way. b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of always maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity. c. Contributing to the development of care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others. d. Escalating any concerns to relevant Health Care Professional. e. Monitoring and recording service user clinical observations, such as physical observations and vital signs and escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional (Registered Nurse or Doctors). Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support. f. Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions under the guidance of a registered professional. 5. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies. 6. Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care. 7. Supporting the registered nurse to coordinate and prioritise activities within the clinical area. This advert closes on Sunday 9 Nov 2025