Peer Support Worker

3 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The L&D service has 2 Peer Support Worker posts in the team currently. Your lived experience of the criminal justice services will be a significant part of your work, using your experiences to offer understanding, support in linking with appropriate services/agencies, promote choice and to inspire hope and future opportunities. This is all the more important for this population of service users who often have additional barriers to accessing mainstream services and experiences of stigma. Screening/team held caseload - To support the teams screening process for all referrals into the service.

To support the teams assessment of individuals and develop a plan of support in conjunction with the service user and the wider L&D Team, using lived experience as a way to support engagement. Active engagement - Be actively involved in the assertive follow up of individuals with a range of vulnerabilities. Working with L&D Practitioners and criminal agency staff, social care, health and voluntary, charitable agencies. Caseload - To work with team-held caseload of service users with a range of complex vulnerabilities and to ensure support plans are formulated acted upon and reviewed.

To support service user engagement, the post holder will be expected to be involved in the development of collaborative support packages/support plans. They will be expected to implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective support plans in collaboration with the patients diverse needs, their carers and other professionals. Develop good working relationships - To effectively liaise and develop links with services within the prison setting and, in the community, to establish effective through care and after care pathways. Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities.

The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision. Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

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