Peer Support Worker

6 months ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust Full time

**KEY RESULT AREAS**: CLINICAL PRACTICE To promote social inclusion for clients by facilitating and supporting access to a variety of community-based opportunities including work, social groups, education, spiritual pursuits, leisure activities to ensure holistic well-being. Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and collaboratively set recovery objectives in line with service care pathway and supervision of senior team members. Involvement in the process of effective risk management including assessment, planning, intervention and on-going monitoring of risk factors. Where personal experience allows drawing on mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.

To actively support service users in line with their care plans and support their recovery, using approaches that promote hope and optimism. Involvement in the process of effective risk management including assessment, planning, intervention and ongoing monitoring of risk factors To promote the physical health and wellbeing for clients by facilitating and supporting access to relevant screening and information around medication, diet, nutrition, exercise, sensible drinking and smoking cessation To participate as requested, in multidisciplinary reviews and other clinical meetings to ensure effective communication and a comprehensive approach to service users care. Work in a way that acknowledges the personal, social, cultural and spiritual strengths and needs of the individual. To act at all times with courtesy towards service users, relatives and other visitors to the service and support them as appropriate or direct them to a suitably experienced team member.

To maintain accurate and up to date service user electronic records as required by trust policy and procedures and any local working instructions. To contribute to clinical reports and feedback as requested. To always consider possible high-risk situations and the need to communicate these to other workers. To participate in decision making processes and carry out agreed plans of care.

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