Job summary
Do you have lived experience of an eating disorder?
Are you passionate about helping others and are you considering developing your leadership skills whilst maintaining your clinical caseload?
The peer support workforce is growing in West London NHS Trust, and it is a really great time to be joining us.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate Senior Peer Support Worker to join our Eating Disorder Service as a Peer Support Lead.
The Peer Support Eating Disorder Lead role focuses on coordinating, supporting & supervising peer workers within the team, whilst holding a small caseload.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to support Peer workers sharing the wisdom of their own lived experience both within the team and with clients to embed peer support and recovery values within the service setting. The post holder will act as a senior representative of peer support for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations, co-delivering learning and education. The role will also involve carrying out supervision and service development responsibilities as a senior member of staff; contributing to the development of the peer support worker force and across our eating disorder services.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
The regulations mandating vaccination for in-scope roles in the NHS have now been removed. The Trust does however continue to encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. Vaccination data will be collected by our recruitment team during your on-boarding if you are happy to provide a copy of your COVID pass.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will need to have worked as a senior peer support worker in a similar setting for at least 12 months and have completed all of the relevant peer support worker training this will include peer reflective based supervision training. The successful applicant will also need to be able to demonstrate that they meet the relevant competencies as defined by IMROC and the competency framework for peer support workers to work confidently to support others as well as all mandatory training required for the post. Please be aware that successful completion of the relevant training listed is a requirement for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will need to have worked as a senior peer support worker in a similar setting for at least 12 months and have completed all of the relevant peer support worker training this will include peer reflective based supervision training. The successful applicant will also need to be able to demonstrate that they meet the relevant competencies as defined by IMROC and the competency framework for peer support workers to work confidently to support others as well as all mandatory training required for the post. Please be aware that successful completion of the relevant training listed is a requirement for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed accredited peer support worker & supervision training
- Evidence of further training in relation to Eating Disorders or personal recovery principles
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Experience
Essential
- Own personal lived experience of recovery from eating disorder(s)
- Experience of having personally utilised eating disorders service
- Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey, with service users, carers and others
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Experience of working in a range of health and/or social care settings as a peer support worker
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services
- Recent experience of delivering training and presentations to a wide range of audiences
- Experience of working both independently as well as providing group and 1:1 activities
Desirable
- Recent experience of supervision of others (in paid or unpaid capacity)
- Experience in implementing recruitment and selection processes
- Experience of project development
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers
- Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust
- Ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability
- Ability to see solutions rather than problems
- Ability to problem solve and create innovative solutions to help empower others
- Ability to work independently, flexibly, reliably and consistently with guidance
- Excellent planning, self-management and organisational skills
- Effective team player skills
- Ability to challenge issues in relation to stigma, low expectations and discriminatory practice in an effective manner
- Ability to demonstrate practical skills to provide support with daily living activities
- Emotional intelligence and reflectivity with ability to work effectively with others to bring about change in a complex and dynamic organisation
- An awareness of behaviour and interactions as meaningful communications
Desirable
- Interviewing skills
- Effective listening skills
- Good marketing and presentation skills
Other requirements
Essential
- High level of written literacy and numeracy
- IT skills including word and power point
- Ability to travel between locations using own or public transport
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed accredited peer support worker & supervision training
- Evidence of further training in relation to Eating Disorders or personal recovery principles
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Experience
Essential
- Own personal lived experience of recovery from eating disorder(s)
- Experience of having personally utilised eating disorders service
- Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey, with service users, carers and others
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Experience of working in a range of health and/or social care settings as a peer support worker
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services
- Recent experience of delivering training and presentations to a wide range of audiences
- Experience of working both independently as well as providing group and 1:1 activities
Desirable
- Recent experience of supervision of others (in paid or unpaid capacity)
- Experience in implementing recruitment and selection processes
- Experience of project development
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers
- Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust
- Ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability
- Ability to see solutions rather than problems
- Ability to problem solve and create innovative solutions to help empower others
- Ability to work independently, flexibly, reliably and consistently with guidance
- Excellent planning, self-management and organisational skills
- Effective team player skills
- Ability to challenge issues in relation to stigma, low expectations and discriminatory practice in an effective manner
- Ability to demonstrate practical skills to provide support with daily living activities
- Emotional intelligence and reflectivity with ability to work effectively with others to bring about change in a complex and dynamic organisation
- An awareness of behaviour and interactions as meaningful communications
Desirable
- Interviewing skills
- Effective listening skills
- Good marketing and presentation skills
Other requirements
Essential
- High level of written literacy and numeracy
- IT skills including word and power point
- Ability to travel between locations using own or public transport
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
