Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 3 peer support worker to join the Skegness Community Mental Health team. The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to patients in order for them to regain control over their healthcare, to lead meaningful lives and to develop their own unique recovery process. Through sharing from their own experiences, peer support workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. The post holder will work under the supervision of Community Psychiatric Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and will be managed by the Recovery Practitioner. We are a friendly, supportive, and proactive team with a culture of delivering a high quality of care. The team works collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners, GPs, Neighbourhood teams, Social workers, and Integrated Placed based teams. The team provides therapeutic interventions for those individuals that experience severe and enduring mental illness, offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic and social forms with the aim of promoting health, wellbeing, self-autonomy, and independence.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and verbal. They will be required to model principles of hope, recovery, and self-belief in all aspects of their work with individuals experiencing severe and enduring mental health needs. They should have the ability to share coping, self-help, and self-management techniques with patients, families, and carers in an appropriate and supportive manner. Support patients to meet treatment goals and promote enablement to access their own communities to foster emotional and social development. Liaise with the Community Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, and Recovery Practitioner, and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi-disciplinary mental health team. Provide direct support to individuals experiencing mental health problems to access community groups and networks that enable service users and/or carers to participate in community activities.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism, and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with a multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
* Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
* Competitive annual leave allowance
* Car leasing scheme
* Free eye tests
* Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Tracy Ward via email at Tracy.ward21@nhs.net or by telephone 01754 800200 ext 2
Due to the UKVI immigration changes, we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Satisfactory level of secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this)
* Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
* Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role.
* ImROC or Institute of Mental Health peer support worker training or ability to complete this when in post
* Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.
* Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or use of similar self-management techniques - Awareness/ability of how to adapt this to make it suitable to share within the workplace
Experience
* Lived experience of mental health issues
* Lived experience of mental health services
* Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
* Experience of operating in an environment that requires confidentiality
* Experience of accessing specialist services
* Able to relate to a wide range of people across different organisational boundaries
Special Requirements
* Ability to travel independently to other locations in a timely manner
Skills & Competences
* Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
* Ability and confidence to use a computer
* Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner while working within appropriate guidelines
* Ability to assist people to develop their own recovery plans
* Able to relate empathically with people
* Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgemental, respectful and compassionate attitude
* Able to manage conflict and support others to do so
* Ability to support people to make the best of local resources including support networks
* Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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