Are you an experienced peer worker with a passion for delivering training? Would you like to engage and develop new and prospective peer workers ?
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is looking for enthusiastic, experienced Peer Educators to deliver training to peer workers.
Peer Educators will need to be able to work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering online trainings regularly to both peer workers and peer supervisors in and outside of CNWL.
This is an exciting opportunity to be the first Peer Educators within CNWL’s established peer and lived experience workforce, joining a staff group of over 100.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals with excellence in communication, competency with digital skills, and the ability to work in an inclusive, respectful and recovery-focused manner to join us in establishing and sustaining a high standard of course delivery, development and evaluation.
In line with CNWL’s national roll out of Peer Support Worker (PSW) and Peer Support Worker Supervision Training, the Peer Educators will be integral members of the Peer & Lived Experience Training Team, working within Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) and with external placing organisations across NHS England.
The Peer Educators will act as key members of the Peer & Lived Experience Training Team, delivering all aspects of the training to peer and lived experience workers both locally and nationally, as well as staff interacting with and working alongside them. The Peer Educators will be responsible for a consistently high standard of course delivery, maintaining a perspective focused on recovery, social inclusion, service user choice and empowerment.
The post holders will participate in the development, evaluation and promotion of ‘Developing Expertise in Peer Working’ Training and Peer Support Worker Supervision Trainings, ensuring the course is delivered, evaluated and updated to meet the diverse needs of the client group.
They will be responsible for ad hoc one-to-one pastoral and academic support of students, liaising where appropriate with students’ employers, and for the assessment and marking of student assignments in line with the expectations and requirements of the course’s accrediting body.
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
For a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities within this role, please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note only candidates who have personal lived experienceof recovery from mental health difficulties and emotional distress should apply.
Please thereforerefer to your lived experiencein your application.
This advert closes on Monday 13 Jan 2025
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