Peer Support Worker

4 months ago

Market Drayton, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Peer support is recognised as a key component of modern mental health and wellbeing provision.

A key feature of this post is to promote individual person centred recovery by drawing on the peer support workers own personal lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services.

Please note that this role requires applicants to have lived experience of recovering from mental health difficulties and of receiving care in secondary mental health services (acute inpatient, community mental health team or specialist mental health service, for example). Applicants who do not hold this lived experience need not apply.

AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SUPPORTING STATEMENT. PLEASE NOTE - ONLY THOSE WHO ANSWER THE QUESTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING:
Do you have directlivedexperience of recovery from mental health challenges and of accessing secondary care mental health services?
- To work directly with an identified caseload of individuals and their carers through a range of methods including, video/telephone call, text and in person face to face sessions.
- To work with identified individuals and members of the wider MDT to ensure care plans are truly co-produced.
- To draw on own lived experience to offer understanding, support and hope to individuals accessing the service and promote independence and recovery.
- Contribute to the overall care of an individual, helping to identify any early warning signs of deteriorating wellbeing by monitoring an individual’s mental health, level of functioning and mental state, escalating any areas of concerns to the relevant senior staff member
- Drawing on personal experience to help individuals to identify their strengths and triggers and supporting them to establish the things that are important to them in their life, identifying goals and the steps they wish to take to achieve them
- Supporting individuals to identify and overcome any barriers which may impact their recovery
- Champion a recovery orientated service including promoting involvement, engagement, participation and co-production opportunities.
- Actively promote and support individuals to be involved in the ongoing review and evaluation of services and encourage them to participate in co-designing and co-delivering services as part of their longer term recovery
- Works to policy and protocols within own area of work

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

As a pivotal and highly valued member of the team, peer support workers will have a case load of identified patients who they will work with on both an individual basis and by delivering group interventions, working in collaboration with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

This formalised peer support will allow the post holder to provide a safe space for individuals to talk and make sense of their experiences whilst sharing wisdom from their own recovery to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.

They will promote choice, self-determination and opportunities and assist the individual to set and achieve their own unique recovery goals and recognising that each individual’s recovery is a distinctive and deeply personal process.

Their work may also involve providing practical assistance such as encouraging healthy lifestyles, helping individuals to build confidence, and offering information, advice and support to form connections within their local community resources.

Peer support workers will support individual’s to co-produce their care plan with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the overall team management of complex clinical and risk presentations. They will champion recovery and work closely with all

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