PEER SUPPORT WORKER Main Responsibilities Using lived experience to deliver peer support interventions Use their own lived experience of mental ill health and/or accessing mental health services to provide both emotional and practical support for service users. Work from a person centred, strength-based approach that responds to what the individual feels will support their recovery Delivery of short-term 1-1 Peer Support sessions with service users focussed on talking through their emotional challenges, building coping mechanisms and working together to meet their wellbeing goals. Delivery of short term, facilitated group peer support to allow service users to develop their own peer support networks and find strategies to improve and manage their own condition To be able to provide time-limited peer support that empowers service users to build confidence and take ownership of their own recovery. To avoid creating dependency by safely ending peer relationships in agreement with service users. Assessing needs/goals, developing peer plans and measuring/reporting outcomes To conduct a person-centred, holistic wellbeing assessment that identifies goals and develops a peer plan to support and sustain positive mental wellbeing, building on assessment and referral notes from clinical teams. To monitor the effectiveness of interventions offered through the routine use of outcome monitoring tools reviewed directly with Service Users. To maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all work delivered on relevant data systems and to contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of our services To provide qualitative and quantitative reports on service outputs and service users outcomes as per the contract requirement with SWLSTG and NHS England. Connecting and encouraging links with community resources Support Service Users in identifying how to manage their daily lives and offering key resources to support their wellbeing. Provide help to navigate the health and wellbeing system and through person-centred approaches connect into community resources to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing. Supporting access to local services to promote community inclusion, connection, enable sustainable recovery and increase awareness of support available in the wider community. Offer practical support to help people access the right services and support based on needs, preferences and the options available. Partnership work and collaborations with clinical teams Work as part of the wider Peer Support team, liaising with the Peer Support Coordinators, Community Mental Health Team, managing new referrals and working in partnership with Peer Support colleagues in partner agencies. To attend clinical team meetings such as Daily Integrated Allocation Meeting (DIAM) and Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) when appropriate to promote peer support service and discuss case allocation. To attend regular line management supervision, peer catch ups and reflective spaces and to attend other team meetings as appropriate including occasional meetings/ training days Service user participation and safeguarding To maintain high levels of safeguarding awareness and to respond to risk and safeguarding issues as they arise whilst respecting the Service Users autonomy wherever possible. To ensure Service Users voices are always central to service developments and contributing to Service Users participation and engagement activities in the Charity Other service and organisational duties/needs Undertaking direct promotion and publicity of the Charitys services to Service Users, communities and professionals To actively implement and adhere to the Charitys policies and procedures, including equalities, inclusion and diversity, safeguarding, GDPR, Health & Safety & Service User engagement policies. To confidently use Microsoft tools including Teams, Excel, Word, Power Point and Access, as well as other operational programmes that support the development and promotion of the service. This list isnt exhaustive, and the post holder might be required to support other tasks in the interest of the project and the organisation.