Peer Supporter

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) are recruiting for a Peer Supporter to work within their Learning Disability Specialist Assessment and Treatment Unit based at Rose Lodge in Hebburn.

The Peer Supporter role is a vital part of our plan to continually improve the services that we provide.

This role is aimed at people with personal lived experience of caring for someone with a learning disability, and the main duties of the role will be to support carers & families with their own wellbeing, help them navigate the health care system and empower them to have a greater input with the care of their loved one.

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a Clinical Team, utilising your personal experience to support the carers and families of our service users.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust’s (CNTW) South Locality. The role will be for a full time Carer Peer Supporter based at Rose Lodge, Hebburn.

The Carer Peer Supporter role is a vital part of our plan to continually improve the service that we provide. The role is aimed at people with personal lived experience of caring for someone with a learning disability, and integrating this at the heart of the role, which is engaging with and supporting families and carers of loved ones who are receiving Inpatient care.

Carer Peer Support Open event.

Monday 31stJuly 1-3pm

Sunderland Recovery College

Fulwell Day center,

51 Fulwell Road,

Roker,

Sunderland

SR6 9QW

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a Clinical Team, utilising your personal experience to:

- Support & engage with families and carers
- Offer families and carers a safe space where they can discuss their own mental health
- Empower families and carers by providing family friendly resources
- Family and carers as partners - amplify the voices of families via engagement with units
- Sharing stories to find a mutual connection.

This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with the families and carers of our service users. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people.

As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all of our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain their own wellbeing throughout this role.

The Post will also involve contributing to the continuing development of the Peer Supporter role and linking in with Third sector and/or recovery colleges.

If you are looking for a job that has a lot of structure and routine then this may not be the role for you, however if you are looking for a role that offers autonomy and the freedom to help develop the role, then this may be for you.

Please find attached job description for full details.

**Advertising date**: 14th July 2023

**Closing date**: 30th July 2023