Family Peer Support Worker

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work as a Family Peer Support Worker, to support our parents and carers affected by Eating Disorders within our Specialist Eating Disorder Service (SEDS), Forward Thinking Birmingham.
The role is part of the newly developed peer support programme in SEDS, working with service users aged 0-25. You will join the team of existing peer support workers and have a specific focus on supporting Family recovery goals. You will be involved in furthering the development of Recovery Focused Group and individual activity programmes, supporting our early intervention work with schools, voluntary sector services and communities. You work as part of the (Multidisciplinary team) MDT alongside Specialist Mental Health Practitioners and the Psychological Therapists.
We are looking for individuals who ideally have personal lived experience as a Parent/Carer of someone with an Eating Disorder in order to provide authentic support to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.
**Some of the benefits of joining our service**:
You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate colleagues working together to provide a high quality service for young people and families affected by Eating Disorders (including ARFID).
Flexible working and part time opportunities with a strong emphasis on your work, life balance.
Excellent learning and development opportunities including award-winning and valuable specialist training by IMROC.
To use their own lived experience as a parent/carer of mental health support 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.
To share and discuss common experiences with families and carers in a variety of settings
To initiate, establish and maintain relationships with families and carers in a variety of settings, while developing trust and rapport
Act as a coach and mentor to families and carers by providing information about support and services available for them
Work collaboratively with the Mental Health Teams to support Carers Support Groups
Identify and strengthen families’ and carers’ partnerships with the service provider in order to improve the support they receive
Actively seek to understand, communicate and support families’ and carers’ views and needs to internal and external stakeholders in a variety of settings
Develop links with statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations that support service users and carers.
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.