Peer Support Worker

6 hours ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Peer Support Workers

Band 3

Early Intervention Service
- Forward Thinking Birmingham

We are looking for motivated and passionate Peer Support Workers who have successfully completed the FTB/ IMROC Peer Support Programme and are committed to delivering high quality peer support to our service users in the community mental health services.

Applicants should be able to communicate effectively, drawing upon their own experiences of mental distress to provide authentic support to their Peers and use their personal recovery journey to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in the people they are supporting. You should have good organisational skills, be able to manage a varying workload efficiently and work as part of a team.

**Some of the benefits of joining our mental health service**:

- This is an exciting role for Forward Thinking Birmingham, which you can be part of.
- You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate colleagues working together to provide a high quality service
- Flexible working and part time opportunities with a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Excellent learning and development opportunities.
- And so much more
- To use their own lived experience of mental health difficulties to support other people in their recovery from mental health difficulties.
- To promote recovery outcomes such as hope, empowerment, self-esteem and self-efficacy, social inclusion, and engagement.
- Peer support is an important intervention in mental health services due to its positive recovery outcomes for service users.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.



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