Peer Support Worker

2 months ago

London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an established, dynamic and friendly community mental health team in South Westminster. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who would be committed to working within a large multi disciplinary team (MDT) and a catchment area which serves a socio- economically and culturally diverse population.

You must have your own personal lived experience of mental health problems and have accessed secondary mental health services and have some experience of working in a related health or social care will be responsible for working with service users with complex mental health needs in community settings, supporting individuals to identify personal recovery goals as identified in care plans / health and wellbeing plans, assisting with groups as well as case specific 1:1 work and supporting service users to navigate through their care pathway including the move on from community recovery team support to primary care.

You will be fully supported in your personal and professional development through regular 1:1 supervision within the team line management structure, along with peer supervision and involvement in trust wide peer worker development events. There is an opportunity to develop through training including Open Dialogue framework

Please note only candidates who have personal experience of mental health difficulties and have accessed secondary mental health services should apply.

Main duties of the job

The PSW will promote their role, through the provision of information and a range of learning opportunities for the multidisciplinary teams and others across the South Hub.

As a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, the PSW will work with service users on a 1:1 and/or group basis. They will also have the opportunity to co-work with other colleagues.

The PSW will support the co-facilitation of Recovery College courses. Duties will include facilitation of care planning visa the Dialogue plus and audit.

The PSW will develop partnership working within the local community as well as with 3rd Sector peer networks.

About us

CNWL is committed to providing high-quality, evidence-based treatment options and is a learning organisation which promotes staff competence and training and values clinical governance, audit and research.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver support to those individuals accessing the community service. To assume a coaching role supporting service users in developing personal recovery plans; this can be delivered individually or in groups. To assist service users to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals. To provide opportunities for service users to direct their own recovery process. To facilitate the individual to move through and beyond the community service. To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills, using own experience of recovery. To act as a role model to service users to inspire hope, share life experiences and lessons learned as a person in recovery. To support service users to negotiate an Advanced Directive with all people involved in their care and others who provide support. To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and review of care with the multi-disciplinary team. To work together with the service user and where possible their carers in the drawing up of care plans encouraging and motivating service users to take an active role in their own care plan. To assist individuals in managing their mental health on a day to day basis including providing support with activities of daily living such as care of self, budgeting, personal care, caring for their home and leisure activities. To positively promote and support independent living for service users in the community by maintaining extensive knowledge and links with community resources and actively supporting service users to access them in relation to employment, community living and leisure. To assist in the development and implementation of educational and peer facilitated support groups and activities which complement the team plan. To accompany service users to appointments, therapeutic or social community-based activities as appropriate. To support service users in seeking to connect/ reconnect with family, friends, significant others and in learning how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships.

To assist service users to maintain a connection with their life outside of services.

To accept and respect service users personal beliefs, uniqueness and identity.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

Commitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training, (including accredited peer support worker training if not previously undertaken)

Desirable

Accredited certificate in Life Coaching Accredited peer support worker training

Other

Essential

A preparedness to work flexible hours through prior arrangement as the needs of the job dictate ( some evenings and weekends) Ability to travel between locations using own or public transport

Experience

Essential

Own personal lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges Own personal experience of accessing secondary mental health services Paid or unpaid working experience within a multidisciplinary team in health and social care Willing to positively share your own life experiences and personal experience of mental ill health, trauma and/or distress with service users and carers Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)

Desirable

Paid or unpaid, peer support worker experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate understanding of intentional Peer Support Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of personal recovery Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery as it may relate to others Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers Effective listening skills Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust Ability to consult and deliver training to other teams as appropriate

Desirable

Basic Health and Safety awareness Moving and handling awareness Awareness of local services Knowledge of benefits/employment systems Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of mental health issues

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