Children and Young Persons Peer Support Worker

7 months ago

BurtonOnTrent, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**: MPFT is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing those who use the services; and those who support them, with a positive experience. To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings, using particular area of interest/expertise, as agreed with Clinical staff and Team Manager. To engage and support service users to access services and support them with attending clinical appointments. Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and actively, practically, and creatively support their progress towards these.

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. Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in community and/or work activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths-based practice. To support, encourage and guide as appropriate more junior peer support workers within the team.

To raise awareness of recovery language with Trust staff by modelling positive strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work. Support other members of the multi-disciplinary team in promoting recovery working and in identifying recovery focused activities imparting information/education as required. To attend and participate and significantly contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings. To work under the regular supervision of EMHPs and guidance of other professional colleagues.

To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks. To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing through working upon own wellness plan/advanced statement and discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary. To be willing to develop self through developing area of specialism/particular expertise and/or further advancement (e.g. apprenticeship) as agreed with Team Manager.

To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area. To undertake other duties as may be required suitable to the banding of the post.

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