Peer Support Worker - Maternal Mental Health Team
We only accept applicants who have had their own lived experience of perinatal loss, so that they can come alongside these women and have some understanding of how they are feeling.
We only accept applicants who have completed and passed the Peer Support Worker Training (Implementing Recovery Through Organisational Change) programme at the time of submitting your application form for this position.
Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
This role is specifically to help women who have experienced perinatal loss in any situation. Through sharing wisdom from their own experience, the PSW will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. It will be important that the Peer Support Worker feels that through their own experience they can help and support the service users with what they are going through.
The role will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, they will promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of personally valued roles.
Please note that possessing a UK driving licence and means to drive is an essential requirement for this role; any applicants without a driving licence and car will not be considered.
Main duties of the job
The Maternal Mental Health Team see clients who have experienced a Perinatal loss, so people who have lost a pregnancy at any stage, or whose baby has died for any reason. Therefore, we see clients who currently have no living baby or who are pregnant again after having experienced a loss and are very anxious about losing another baby.
* Establishing supportive, positive and respectful relationships with all people you come in contact with.
* Providing peer support, maintaining professional boundaries.
* Helping people identify recovery goals themselves.
* Supporting service users to identify and overcome fears within a relationship of empathy and trust.
* Undertaking appropriate administrative duties for delivering effective and timely care, including updating patient records.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs, the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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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.
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