Site Kelvedon Ward - Basildon Mental Health Unit Town Basildon Salary £24,071 - £25,674 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/01/2025 23:59
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Our vision and values
Our Vision: “To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.”
Our Purpose: “We care for people every day. What we do together, matters.”
Our Values:
* We Care
* We Empower
Our strategic objectives:
* We will deliver safe, high-quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Job overview
Please note you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.
Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.
As an integral and highly valued member of the [Inpatient] or [Specialist] Care Team, the PSW will provide formal and professional peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain control over their lives and their unique recovery journey during their time on the ward.
Working in line with the national peer support competency framework, the PSW will effectively use their own lived experience of recovery to support a person in their own recovery journey, helping the people they are supporting to navigate the inpatient pathway. By building positive relationships with service users and patients based on mutuality, reciprocity, and inclusivity, they will support people to identify their recovery goals and strengths working towards discharge. The PSW will advocate for a person's needs and support that person to self-advocate during their inpatient stay.
Main duties of the job
Where the term “service users” is used, this includes individual service users, people with lived experience, their family members and carers.
* To improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.
* To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their carers.
* To work closely with the multidisciplinary team regarding the mental health needs of the people they support.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
* To acknowledge and work to the key principles for providing peer support.
* To work with multi-disciplinary teams to support service users access additional services.
* To accept and respect service users’ personal beliefs, uniqueness, and identities.
* To attend multidisciplinary team and other meetings as appropriate.
* To be trauma-informed and be an ambassador for trauma-informed care.
CARING RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To support service users to direct their own recovery process.
* To assist service users to identify their strengths and personal interests.
* To support service users to maintain and/or develop positive relationships with others.
* To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills.
RISK MANAGEMENT:
* To manage and work effectively in line with Trust risk policies and procedures.
* To ensure any observed concerns regarding an individual's wellbeing are raised with the team.
STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To embed recovery values and the ethos of peer support into Mental Health Services.
* To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation and national and local policies.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Knowledge
* Experience of working alongside mental health professionals.
Skills/ Experience
* Personal lived experience of managing or living with complex mental health issues.
* Experience of working with volunteers and community organizations.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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