Main area Carer Development Worker Early Intervention in Psychosis Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Six month contract from start date.)
Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref 453-25-7047311
Employer Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Culture Fusion
Town Bradford
Salary £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 06/05/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 4
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Job overview
Do you have experience of using secondary or specialist mental health services and an interest in helping to support and develop future services?
The Bradford and Airedale Early Intervention in Psychosis Service has two opportunities for individuals with lived experience of mental health difficulties to work with the team as Development and Support Workers.
As an integral member of one of our care teams, you will inspire others, challenge stigma and discrimination and promote recovery, positively sharing and drawing upon aspects of your own lived experience in both direct and indirect work with service users.
The role will involve close work with the service’s Clinical Lead, and the successful candidate will also play a pivotal role in service development and innovation through engaging service users in the identification and co-design of projects.
We are looking for highly motivated individuals, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can work flexibly and effectively as part of a team. In addition to BDCFT’s package, we offer:
* Regular clinical supervision
* Access to an established training and development programme
* Career coaching
* A network of development and support workers
We are particularly keen to hear from those who have lived experience of psychosis.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
* To develop and maintain an awareness of carers perspectives of services and ensure the consistent representation of carers views into the planning and delivery of a needs-led, user focused service.
* To promote the active engagement and involvement of carers in service planning, service delivery, review and evaluation.
* To engage with and provide direct support to individual service users and carers in accordance with care plans and in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and a range of health and social care agencies.
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
* We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
* We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
* We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
* Plus many more.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Advanced (equivalent to diploma level) knowledge of MH services and their impact through substantial personal experience of non-paid caring for another with mental health issues (min 2 years) who have accessed specialist mental health services.
* GCSE or equivalent in English and maths
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of the Care Programme Approach
* Empathic insight into the needs of young people experiencing psychosis
* Knowledge of current mental health and, in particular, service user & carer issues at a local and national level
* Knowledge of MH service user groups and networks
* Knowledge and understanding of the inequality issues facing people with MH problems
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
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