Peer Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Thurrock, United Kingdom Parents 1st Full time

**Flexible working based in Thurrock family hubs with additional travel (mainly Thurrock area) Some home working. **This exciting new post will form part of a new peer support worker team with the aim of supporting the best start for babies in Thurrock through extending Parents 1st existing Pregnancy Pal and Birth Buddy programme. The new Start for Life programme in Thurrock involves the development of 3 new Family Hubs. This new peer support role will embrace a joined-up way of working with the new Family Hubs so that parents can easily access and benefit from the services they offer. The post holder will be aligned to one specific Family Hub. Informal peer support will aim to enable parents to improve their emotional and physical wellbeing during pregnancy, prepare for labour and birth, and will support them to become confident parents.

The Family Hubs Model has 3 principles:

- **Access**:a clear, simple point of access for help and support
- **Connection**: services, professionals and sectors working together
- **Relationships**: building on family strengths

**Summary of Purpose**

Working in partnership with Family Hubs, maternity, perinatal mental health services and VCS organisations to offer peer support, starting in pregnancy, to all first-time mothers, expectant fathers and birthing people, and parents who are vulnerable expecting subsequent babies.

Engaging socially isolated parents and those experiencing language, cultural or mental health issues to provide 1:1 and group peer support in the home, hospital, community, and virtually.

Use the Parents 1st model to support a caseload of vulnerable parents starting as early as possible in pregnancy and through the early months of a baby’s life.

Supporting parents to feel confident and empowered to access Family Hub services and give their feedback

Share information about pregnancy, birth and parenting, to enable parents to make informed choices

Offer flexible peer support relevant to individual needs via a variety of mediums such as face to face, text and WhatsApp, online groups and information sessions.

Deliver outreach activities to engage with families, to assist with recruiting volunteers, and to encourage involvement in Family Hub activities

Supported signposting and advocacy to raise awareness of services available to parents, and how to access them and to help increase access rates to specialist services when needed.

You will be supported by the Parents 1st Programme Manager and wider staff team.

**Key tasks**:
**Carrying out a variety of regular community activities that engage with expectant parents**
- Seek out, set-up and deliver regular activities in the community that provide opportunities to introduce the programme informally to expectant mothers, fathers and birthing people e.g., face-to-face introduction at antenatal clinics / Family hubs or outreach visits to families in the home or living in temporary accommodation
- Identify and ensure up to date information is held about local services, facilities and activities available to expectant and new parents in the local area so that peer supporters can enable parents to benefit from them
- Contribute new ideas to engage with vulnerable and isolated parents
- Contribute to marketing and promotion under the direction of the Programme Manager e.g., developing materials, press, radio, social media
- Assist in promoting the programme by posting and moderating our Facebook and social media pages under the guidance of the manager
- Carry out other duties in line with the responsibilities of the post
- Run face to face and virtual peer support group sessions

**Deliver regular outreach activities in the community to introduce expectant parents to each other and share evidence-based information with them,**
- Establish a space (e.g., alongside antenatal clinics and Family hubs) where several expectant parents can access information and have opportunities to meet informally.
- Share evidence-based resources focused on pregnancy, birth and caring for, and bonding with a baby
- Support the expectant parents to continue to meet or stay in contact with each other for mutual support.
- Increase awareness and knowledge for families to decrease the stigma and fear associated with asking for help or support

**Delivering peer-to-peer support to a caseload of vulnerable parents starting in pregnancy**
- Provide regular semi-structured home visits to a caseload of families as required starting as early as possible in pregnancy and continuing post birth using the Parents 1st materials and strengths-based, solution focused approach
- Ensure information and resources shared with parents are up to date, appropriate and evidence based
- Ensure the programme data collection tools are completed accurately and submitted on time
- Encourage parents to navigate and benefit from services available to them, assisting them to take the ‘first step’ if necessary
- Contact the Programme Manager if a family

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