Peer Support Worker

3 months ago

NewcastleunderLyme, United Kingdom North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Band 2, £22,383 per annum, full time 37.5 hours per week

Direct working 1:1 and in group setting with service users to actively support recovery. Working as a member of the Pathfinder Service, in close liaison with specialist VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) sector services that support victims of sexual assault and abuse.

Co-delivery of education and training that raises awareness across wider services of the support needs of victims, with the support of the Education Lead.

Draw on lived experiences to bring hope and raise aspirations to support positive outcomes for victims. Encourage and inspire a recovery focused approach.

To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raise aspirations.

To work via 1:1 and group sessions to support the delivery of the Ascend Service, under the supervision of the education lead..

To help individuals to consider positive outcomes and identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals.

Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is a leading provider of mental health, social care, learning disability and substance misuse services in the West Midlands.

We are a forward-thinking Trust and are extremely proud to have attained the highest possible rating of “Outstanding” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), one of only two specialist mental health Trusts in England to achieve this.

We’re also delighted to have won the prestigious award of ‘Trust of the Year’ at the national Health Service Journal Awards 2022.

Our vision is ‘To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it’ and the way we do inclusion is no exception. As a ‘Disability Confident Employer’, we very much believe that inclusion is something that you feel when you work at the Trust and we are continuously developing our culture of inclusion. Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience.

The Team will offer a full induction package.

In return we offer.

A competitive progressive salary

We cover the cost of your DBS Check (£44)

Competitive staff benefits such as weekly offers and discounts.

Individual Personal Development Plan and Career Progression

Excellent pension scheme available

Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path towards recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. Within the Ascend service model this role will required to carry out direct work with victims of sexual assault and violence but will also support delivery of education and training to professionals, alongside the Education Lead for the service.

The Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user through their recovery journey and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey.

Peer Support Workers work as part of the Ascend Team so will require close working with other colleagues within the team. Peer Support Workers engage with Ascend service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting service users to gain and maintain independence in the community. The Peer Support Worker will assist service users in raising aspirations and developing personal goals, with the aim to be supported and increase further social capital.

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