Peer Support Worker

7 months ago

AshtonUnderLyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Role Summary**:
An opportunity has arisen within the Community Mental Health Teams for a Peer support Worker to join us in providing integrated health and social care to people of working age who have moderate to severe mental health problems across a wide range of presenting conditions with a drug and or alcohol problem. The post will be based within one of the Tameside CMHTs.

There is a strong commitment to promoting your development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge through a personal development and training plan.

**Key Responsibilities of the Post**:

- To be the expert by experience in the CMHT using personal experience of mental health challenges to work alongside staff to collaboratively deliver a range of recovery focused interventions for people who use Community Mental Health services with the aim of helping them live a meaningful life
- The post holder will work in partnership with Local Authority, the voluntary and community sector and other NHS agencies to increase the number of carers identified and improve recognition.

**Key Requirements of the Person Specification**:
Good basic education including English to GCSE standard or equivalent

Experience

Current driving licence or supported driver with use of vehicle.

“We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments to regulated and controlled activities will require an enhanced DBS disclosure

“We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments to regulated and controlled activities will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.”

To be the expert by experience in the CMHT using personal experience of mental health challenges to work alongside experts by expertise to collaboratively deliver a range of recovery focused interventions for people who use Community Mental Health services with the aim of helping them live a meaningful life

Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful goals and set objectives, drawing upon your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of mental health specific tools, techniques and experiences.

Assist service users in creating a care plan to maintain their wellbeing and achieve their agreed goals and outcomes

Ensure your peer’s goals are integrated into the CMHT process and are reviewed on a regular basis, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team as necessary.

To communicate effectively with individuals and their carers.

To act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multidisciplinary team members, service users and carers.

Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness via the telling of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.

To raise awareness of a strengths based approach and associated language modelling positive strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, and non-medicalised language in all areas of work.

Participating as co-facilitator on more structured and formal group based interventions

Through their interaction with service users advise qualified staff of changes in risk, mental health and / or behaviour.

Close liaison with clinical areas, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Local Authority services, education and third sector.

Prioritise, manage and monitor own workload and handle the day-to-day organisation of workload with the support of Team Manager


Provide activities and support to a defined group of service users with varying needs

To be available for 1:1 sessions with service users when not engaged in structured / planned activities.

To perform tasks within the framework of a care plan as set and reassessed by a qualified practitioner.

To support and encourage the development of user led services, e.g. drop-in and other social groups in community settings with the support and involvement of NHS, Local Authority and Third Sector agencies.

Share / teach coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship

Use own initiative, personal experience and job related training in deciding on the approach and interventions required when working with a service user in delivering peer support with supervision from the multi-disciplinary team.

To document relevant information on PARIS electronic recording system as ensuring compliance with data governance guidance

To maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients and clients at all times

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can b

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