Forensic Peer Support Worker

5 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you have lived experience of mental health problems and/or the Criminal Justice System/Forensic Services and want to use your recovery journey to support other people facing similar challenges?

This post is recruiting for a Peer Support Worker within Oxford Health Forensic Services. Peer Support Workers (PSWs) are people who have their own lived experience of mental health challenges or have supported someone with mental health challenges. They use empathy informed by their own experiences to support service users and families who are accessing mental health services.
- This post attracts an RSU Lead of £1,446 per annum on top of your annual salary (pro-rata)

The core function of this post is to offer peer support to service users on Kingfisher ward (Marlborough House) within Oxford Health Forensic Service. Kingfisher ward is a 16-bed enhanced low secure forensic rehabilitation ward for women with a diagnosis of mental illness and/or personality disorder. Peer Support Workers model the recovery principles in their practice, together with personal responsibility, self-awareness and self-care whilst undertaking the duties of the role.

We’re looking for people who are compassionate, can work well in a team, highly motivated and have excellent verbal communication skills. You will be provided with specific Peer Support Worker training and will complete the nationally recognised care certificate in the role.

The Peer Support Worker role sees the introduction of lived experience into everyday practice. Peer Support Workers offer a combination of one to one and group work and will work within the multi-disciplinary team to support a service user’s recovery journey. The post holder will facilitate formal and informal learning, working with staff in clinical practice and supporting clinical teams to develop recovery-based practice.

Thames House comprises of an innovative and dedicated large multidisciplinary team. We have established very effective ways of working with the patients to help them identify and reach their goals, whilst keeping them safe and supporting them onwards to a new life in the community..

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

**Our values are**: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service

NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)

Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

**Lived experience**:
Drawing on lived experience of mental health to provide emotional and practical support to an allocated group of service users to promote their recovery.
To support service users to engage effectively with care being offered and access appropriate services
Drawing upon lived experience and using active listening to inspire hope, offer empathy, empowerment, confidence building and validate a service users’ feelings
To build relationships that are founded on the value of mutuality which will facilitate the provision of regular and practical support, both one to one and via group facilitation, to service users in developing and managing independence and maintaining dignity and self-respect
To positively promote independent living of service users through role-modelling individual recovery journeys
To have the individual service user’s needs always at the forefront of the PSW’s practice and to use the skills incorporated in the Peer Support Training to underpin their practice
To build rapport with service users, whilst maintaining professional boundaries, drawing on both experience and knowledge of the service user perspective and an evidence-based approach.

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