Are you passionate about supporting families, strengthening resilience, and preventing the escalation of safeguarding concerns?
Do you believe that whole ‑ family approaches lead to better outcomes and improved mental health recovery?
We are looking for a committed, compassionate Support Time and Recovery (STR) Worker – Families to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (NMHT), working in partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust to provide early intervention, community ‑ based support and effective, joined ‑ up responses for families affected by mental health challenges.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference across Birmingham—promoting early help, improving collaboration between children’s and adult mental health services, and ensuring that the needs, voices and strengths of families are at the heart of care planning.
As an STR Worker – Families, you will help link adult mental health services with children’s services and community networks. You will work closely with clinicians, families, carers and partner agencies to identify risks early, reduce the impact of adult mental ill health on children, and empower families to build resilience and stability.
You will work jointly with Birmingham Children’s Trust to support coordinated, family ‑ focused intervention.
Act as a key part of the multidisciplinary Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
Provide practical and emotional support to families in their homes and communities.
Promote mental health awareness and early ‑ help routes in community settings.
Help families navigate services, understand care pathways and maintain wellbeing.
Strengthen links with community groups, charities and culturally diverse networks.
Contribute to preventing escalation into statutory safeguarding services wherever possible.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
