Living Well Peer Support Worker

3 months ago

Ripley, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full time

**This will be a new and crucial role at the heart of our new mental health Living Well/ Derby Wellbeing service delivery**.

As a Peer Support Worker, you be will be part of the VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) workforce embedded within the Living Well team for the Living Well / Derby Wellbeing Service.

As a member of the team and alongside partners the role will entail engaging and supporting people within their local community.

You will provide support and recovery guidance to individuals and their families receiving mental health services.

The service is Derbyshire Recovery & Peer support, which has a team that provides recovery services to people in the community and supports them in long term recovery through Peer activity. An extension of this is the living well Hubs which is in collaboration with the NHS Trust underpinning this is Peer support development and training. The service has an over service contract manager and managers located in areas across Derbyshire who support teams of coaches including those with lived experience.

**What I do and achieve**
- To support, provide companionship and encouragement to people experiencing mental health difficulties that are known to the Living Well /Derby Wellbeing service
- Using your own lived experience of mental health difficulties and recovery journey to connect with a person to offer emotional and practical support : giving them a sense of hope and supporting them to gain a sense of control over their lives
- Modelling personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness.
- Supporting others using personal experiences and confidence gained
- Support introductions and initial conversations to the service, providing peer support and engagement.
- Support and information on a 1:1 or group basis
- Provide emotional and practical support to individuals - building confidence and skills and grow their ability to self-manage their mental wellbeing.
- Support individuals to access & accompany to appropriate community services or groups e.g. housing advice, debt support, education, etc. To become involved with and co-facilitate peer recovery and other recovery-focussed groups in liaison with other community networks
- Work as part of the Multi-agency Team receive and share information within that team in order to safeguard individuals and support them.Attending daily huddles & Multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDM’s)
- To work alongside Living Well / Derby Wellbeing team colleagues to support working together with individuals as part of their Recovery journey
- Using mental health lived experience to support service design, co-production, development and improvement ensuring quality is maintained throughout.
- Develop appropriate resources and materials for the service from a lived experience perspective
- Working within the community to support connect with spaces and places building up a network across Derby City and county that people can feel safe to connect with.
- Where appropriate support individuals with moving forward
- Provide feedback on your role & activities as part of the Living Well / Derby Wellbeing service
- Maintain appropriate records of contacts and actions.
- Be proactive in addressing issues of equality and diversity within own working practices
- Work in accordance with the policies and procedures of your organisation
- Work to the values of Living Well /Derby Wellbeing and the standard operating procedure
- Be responsible for own health and safety and that of others.
- Be committed to own personal and professional development.

**Who I am?**

**Experience**
- Mental health difficulties and able to draw on their own experiences and insight into recovery of mental health issues to encourage and inspire others
- Actively cares about making a positive difference and is motivated to improve mental health for people in their communities
- Being active in your own self-care and your own recovery
- engaging and working with individuals experiencing mental health issues, developing their understanding of recovery

**Knowledge and Understanding**
- The importance of peer support in Mental Health to motivate & encourage people in their recovery
- The core values and principles of peer support working alongside the person to develop an equal, safe and trusting relationship characterised by : inclusivity, respect, reciprocity, mutuality,
- An approach that is non-directive, strength-based, recovery focused and person centred
- An ability to draw on personal experiences and experiential knowledge supporting people to build on their own strengths and enable connections with their communities
- Working knowledge of mental health difficulties and the impact on functioning
- Willingness to learn more about the mental health systems, trauma informed care, safeguarding, confidentiality
- Awareness of social and cultural factors that may impact on access to support
- Willingness to attend training and pe

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