Peer Support Specialist

1 month ago

Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest Full time
Job Summary

Location: Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services

Hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Peer Support Worker to join our Discharge Mental Health Team. As a Peer Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals with mental health needs to achieve their recovery goals.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide peer support and practical assistance to service users and their carers to empower them to regain control over their lives and build connections with their local communities.
  • Work across the adult inpatient pathway, and VCSE, supporting service users to transition between services.
  • Act as a recovery champion across mental health services pathways and act as an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations.
  • Participate in the on-going development of the role and contribute to the evaluation of the PSW training programme.
  • Support students learning and participate in the induction of new staff members.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsibility for People Management
  • Responsibility for Financial and or Physical Resources
  • Responsibility for Administration
  • Responsibility for People who use our Services
  • Responsibility for Implementation of Policy and or Service Developments
  • Other Responsibilities

Requirements:

  • Lived experience of using mental health services
  • Previous care experience with people who have mental health difficulties
  • Basic IT skills
  • Good communication and listening skills
  • Organisational skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • An awareness to maintain professional Boundaries
  • Awareness of own limits and boundaries in relation to own job role
  • Good written communication
  • Willingness to positively share your own life experiences, personal experiences of your own ill health with service users and carers.

Desirable:

  • A basic understanding of physical health presentation
  • Previous experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid).

Qualifications:

  • Vocational Qualification Level III or equivalent qualification/skills/knowledge and ability to work to this level.
  • To complete the NCFE level 2 in understanding and supporting people with mental health needs and complete care certificate within the first 6 months of joining unless already obtained.

About Us:

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Protected CPD time for registered staff
  • Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
  • Leadership & mentoring programmes
  • Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
  • A Robust Preceptorship
  • A bespoke induction programme
  • Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

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