Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Senior Peer Support Worker - Peer Support Team

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Job summary

NHFT have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Peer Support Worker to join the Peer Support Team. The primary focus will be to provide training, supervision and support for peer support workers, trainees, and volunteers across the Trust. Peer Support Workers actively use their lived experience to support other people and inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Peer support complements the support that healthcare professionals give to service users and carers and supports them to reach their recovery goals. NHFT have Peer Support Workers based in several Teams including community mental health services, specialist mental health teams and inpatient services. The Senior Peer Support worker will work alongside the Peer Support Lead and the Recovery College team to provide a variety of peer support training courses. As a Senior Peer Support worker you will provide supervision and support for junior Peer Support Workers and work with the Peer Support Team in the continued development of the service. Your role will include building links with external agencies to work together in a collaborative approach to develop the Peer Support Service and Peer Support Training

Main duties of the job

This is the ideal fixed term contract / secondment for an experienced service user or carer peer support worker who would like to step up into a supervisory position and take an active role in developing and training other peer support workers.

The successful candidate will:

o Provide regular, high quality individual and group supervision for peer support workers and volunteers within the trusto Support the building of safe and trusting relationships based on shared lived experienceo Enable peers to exercise leadership, choice and control over the way in which peer support is given and receivedo Contribute to developing a peer network within NHFTo Co-design and co-deliver peer support worker training to people who wish to use their lived experience to support otherso Participate in Trust peer support training and promote the value and benefits of peer support to staff and service userso Deliver training, both face to face and on-line depending on the needs of the trusto Co-design and deliver other courses and training with the Recovery College and Peer Support teamso Encourage and support student's involvement in training courseso Review and assess students participating in peer support worker trainingo Use parts of your recovery story to inspire hope in others where appropriateo Support individuals and groups using a peer approacho Be a positive role model for people overcoming mental health challenges, their families and carers

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

31 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

270-TF808-MH

Job locations

Campbell House & Home Based

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN13EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Work experience

Essential

Over 1 years as a peer support worker at NHFT (ideally 3+)
Delivered Training, groups or workshops
Completed ImROC peer support worker training

Desirable

Completed supervisor training (ideally ImROC PSW supervisor training)
Worked in a supervisor role (ideally 1:1 supervision. Group supervision and mentoring acceptable)
Attended Recovery College courses

Skills and abilities

Essential

I.T. skills - evidence of Microsoft word, excel and powerpoint
Uses recovery focused language in application form
Presentation skills

Desirable

Experience of co-production, co-design or co-delivery
Liaison with teams or other services to promote peer support

Person Specification

Work experience

Essential

Over 1 years as a peer support worker at NHFT (ideally 3+)
Delivered Training, groups or workshops
Completed ImROC peer support worker training

Desirable

Completed supervisor training (ideally ImROC PSW supervisor training)
Worked in a supervisor role (ideally 1:1 supervision. Group supervision and mentoring acceptable)
Attended Recovery College courses

Skills and abilities

Essential

I.T. skills - evidence of Microsoft word, excel and powerpoint
Uses recovery focused language in application form
Presentation skills

Desirable

Experience of co-production, co-design or co-delivery
Liaison with teams or other services to promote peer support

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.