At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health, and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'.
We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills, and experience. It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over-reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us.
The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:
1. To communicate with a variety of people on a range of matters and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust's policies and procedures.
2. To act as a specialist resource within the service, by offering a unique perspective to service users and acting as an expert on recovery resources.
3. To share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals.
4. To co-facilitate group therapy, support, and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
5. To promote opportunities for people with lived experience to raise awareness and promote understanding.
6. Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
7. Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
8. Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
9. To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
10. To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations, and external agencies.
11. Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, helping to lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.
Qualifications, Training & Experience Requirements:
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Benefits:
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
1. Free car parking at many of our sites
2. 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
3. A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
4. A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners.
5. Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when working unsocial hours
6. Flexible, family-friendly, and agile working opportunities
7. Recognition and long service awards
8. Fast Track physiotherapy
9. Our Wellbeing line
10. Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme, and discounts on travel, leisure, and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr