Peer Support Worker

2 months ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an opportunity to be a part of a dynamic service. You will be part of an established home treatment and rapid response team.

Supporting patients who are acutely unwell in the community, and providing the best level of care to them whilst remaining in their own homes. We provide support for individuals who are experiencing an acute episode in the community, as well supporting people who have been discharged from inpatient wards. We provide a menu of interventions, to ensure the highest level of care and support is delivered.

The service, provides opportunities to develop your skills and your career. You will play a key role in the multi-disciplinary team supporting the qualified and other support workers. You will need experience working in mental health care settings, and experience of recovery focused practice is required.

Flexible working opportunities available; over 7 days week. The team will cover the South West & West Kent Area

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this role is to support service users to establish greater control over their lives, helping to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose whilst recognising that each individual's recovery is a distinctive and deeply personal process.

As an integral and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide support to individuals within the service, by role modelling and using lived experience of secondary mental health services.

This role will involve working with service users on a one to one or group basis. Also working within the wider staff group to ensure that the environment supports the service user to reach their individual recovery goals.

There will be a variety of tasks some of which will be service user initiated, whilst others will be requested by staff for the overall service provision.

The post holder will work flexibly as the service requires.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

Good IT skills including Word and Outlook

Desirable

Ability to use the RIO electronic records system

Experience

Essential

Lived experience of secondary mental health services Willing to share own life experiences

Desirable

Minimum of 1 year experience working with people with mental health needs

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Car driver with full driver's license and insurance. Good written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

Flexibility to change and innovation The ability to work a variety of hours to suit the needs of service users and the service Willingness to complete job specific training

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