Job summary
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) are recruiting 4 Peer Supporter's to work within the 24/7 Community Mental Health Support Hub, based in Copeland, Cumbria
A selection of exciting opportunities has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust's (CNTW) North Cumbria Locality. These lived experience roles will be for the 24/7 Community Mental Health Support Hub based in Copeland, Cumbria. This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a new and transformative service, due to launch in January 2025.
Our aim is to transform the way mental health care is provided locally, by bringing together specialist health, social care and community services in the heart of Whitehaven in West Cumbria.
This post ispart of a joint project with other partners including Home Group, Everyturn, iCan Wellbeing and The Well Communities, amongst others. We are looking to provide a structure of lived experience throughout this project.
Main duties of the job
The principal role of the posts will be to support service users and carers throughout their journey through our services, to establish greater control over their lives and decisions, and build resilience during their care and treatment. The roles focus on creating trusting relationships whilst supporting service users in their journey of recovery.
You will be expected to offer a different perspective and real understanding through:
- Sharing stories to find a mutual connection.
- Supporting individuals to identify personal recovery goals and contribute to care planning.
- Group work, as well as 1:1 work, using wellness plans and tools. You will co-develop therapeutic groups, dependant on your experience, working with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Recording progress and concerns, working in a manner which ensures confidentiality and security.
- Building service user and carer confidence through their care pathway and towards their own aspirations of a meaningful recovery.
The Lived Experience Service will be hosting an open day on Thursday 19th December 2024 at The Senhouse Centre, Whitehaven, CA28 7ES between:
3pm till 5.30pm
This is an opportunity to meet the team and find out more about the project and discuss the peer support role and ask any questions you may have.
We look forward to meeting you there.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with the carers and families of the young people using the service. The post holder must be able to work as part of a team, alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues. They must be confident in working alongside and communicating with people and demonstrate strong recovery values in, inspiring hope and empowerment in others.
As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all of our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain their own wellbeing throughout this role.
The Post will also involve contributing to the continuing development of the Peer Supporter role and linking in with Third sector organisations and/or recovery colleges.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Lived experience roles are a vital part of our plan to continually improve the services that we provide. These roles are aimed at people with personal lived experience of their own recovery journey, or supporting someone else, to inspire people through their own recovery path.
This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with people presenting with a range of mental health issues and risks. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people and demonstrate strong recovery values in, inspiring hope and empowerment in others.
As this is a community-based role, you must be able to work centrally from the hub and be able to travel across the Copeland area and other Trust sites across CNTW.
Due to the 24/7 nature of the project, unsocial working hours will be required.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 2nd December 2024
Closing date : 31st December 2024
We welcome your application.
We would like to let candidates know that if you are shortlisted for further interview, you will be invited to a recruitment selection day on 23rd January 10.30am 3pm in Whitehaven. You will be expected to attend all day. This is an opportunity to bring all candidates together to demonstrate some of the values and skills we are looking for from a Peer Supporter. Further one to one interviews will then be held on either the 4th or 5th of February.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Lived experience roles are a vital part of our plan to continually improve the services that we provide. These roles are aimed at people with personal lived experience of their own recovery journey, or supporting someone else, to inspire people through their own recovery path.
This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with people presenting with a range of mental health issues and risks. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people and demonstrate strong recovery values in, inspiring hope and empowerment in others.
As this is a community-based role, you must be able to work centrally from the hub and be able to travel across the Copeland area and other Trust sites across CNTW.
Due to the 24/7 nature of the project, unsocial working hours will be required.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 2nd December 2024
Closing date : 31st December 2024
We welcome your application.
We would like to let candidates know that if you are shortlisted for further interview, you will be invited to a recruitment selection day on 23rd January 10.30am 3pm in Whitehaven. You will be expected to attend all day. This is an opportunity to bring all candidates together to demonstrate some of the values and skills we are looking for from a Peer Supporter. Further one to one interviews will then be held on either the 4th or 5th of February.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Good level of secondary education
- Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme
Desirable
- Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training or other similar peer support training
- Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Understanding of personal values and beliefs
- Good interpersonal and team-working skills
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Confidence in own skills and ability to draw upon own resilience and strengths to sustain own wellbeing Ability to assist people to develop recovery and wellness plans
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Ability draw on own resilience while working with challenging situations.
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Desirable
- Experience of a person-centred approach
- Knowledge of how the mental health and other health and social care systems operate
Role/Team specific requirements
Essential
- Belief that can live a meaningful life in the present
- Ability to seek support when needed
Desirable
- The ability to effectively challenge practice and language use
- Ability to work as a bridge between service users / carers and clinical team
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Enthusiasm towards and understanding of the specialist nature of the Peer Support role
- Motivation towards the promotion and development of the role
- Reliable and professional
- Non-judgemental, tolerant, compassionate and respectful
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Personal lived experience of recovery or caring for someone else through their recovery
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
Desirable
- Experience of a person-centred approach
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Good level of secondary education
- Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme
Desirable
- Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training or other similar peer support training
- Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Understanding of personal values and beliefs
- Good interpersonal and team-working skills
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Confidence in own skills and ability to draw upon own resilience and strengths to sustain own wellbeing Ability to assist people to develop recovery and wellness plans
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Ability draw on own resilience while working with challenging situations.
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Desirable
- Experience of a person-centred approach
- Knowledge of how the mental health and other health and social care systems operate
Role/Team specific requirements
Essential
- Belief that can live a meaningful life in the present
- Ability to seek support when needed
Desirable
- The ability to effectively challenge practice and language use
- Ability to work as a bridge between service users / carers and clinical team
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Enthusiasm towards and understanding of the specialist nature of the Peer Support role
- Motivation towards the promotion and development of the role
- Reliable and professional
- Non-judgemental, tolerant, compassionate and respectful
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Personal lived experience of recovery or caring for someone else through their recovery
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
Desirable
- Experience of a person-centred approach
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).
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).
