Recovery Support Worker | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

Skylark Ward is a specialist 11 bedded unit providing inpatient service for female older adults.

The Unit provides assessment and interventions for clients, operates seven days a week and is accessible 24hrs per day.

We are inviting applications from enthusiastic and motivated individual who is keen to work in an acute mental health care setting. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Recovery Support Worker to join our team at the Skylark Unit, Avondale, Royal Preston Hospital. This is a permanent position working 37.5 hours per week, offering the successful candidate the chance to be part of a supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality care to patients. We are looking for individuals who are compassionate, resilient, and committed to delivering person-centred care within a busy inpatient environment.

We are looking for highly motivated staff who can demonstrate compassion and excellent interpersonal qualities. The successful candidate must be willing to work in fast paced environment, have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering a quality service, which genuinely engages with service users, carers and other stakeholders, is a key priority.

The successful post holder will be expected to be able to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Sep 2026