Job summary
Do you have personal experience of living with mental health challenges relating to eating disorders? Maybe you have experienced Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder or OSFED either yourself or you have looked after a family member or close friend with an eating disorder.
Are you doing well in your recovery or successfully supporting the person you care for. Do you want to use this experience to help others who are still struggling?
We are looking for someone like you to become a Peer Support Worker or a Carer Peer Support Worker in our Community Adult Eating Disorder Service. (To find out more about what a peer support worker is please look at the peer support website below)
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/peer-support
You do not need to have prior peer support experience or training to apply for this role but should have good empathy skills and the ability to support others.
Main duties of the job
The aim of the role is to support other individuals experiencing distress associated with eating disorders using your own experiences. The role is to inspire hope and empower people to reach their own individual recovery goals and make sense of their personal recovery journey.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read the job description attached carefully. In the supporting information note down the relevant skills and experience you have that are related to the essential and desirable criteria, as your application will be shortlisted against these criteria. Please note, applicants who do not indicate their own experience of mental health challenges relating to eating disorders in their application will not be considered for the role.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
- Lived experience of eating disorder difficulties (yourself or caring for a family member or close friend).
- Experience of managing your personal wellbeing and recovery well.
- Experience of working independently and managing your own workload, with guidance.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- The ability to apply the principles of peer support and recovery in your work.
- Completion of a recognised Peer Support Training course such as ImROC or to be prepared to complete the Peer Support Training.
We welcome applications from people seeking a part-time role (minimum 2.5 days per week).
You must be able to independently travel to other locations across the county.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read the job description attached carefully. In the supporting information note down the relevant skills and experience you have that are related to the essential and desirable criteria, as your application will be shortlisted against these criteria. Please note, applicants who do not indicate their own experience of mental health challenges relating to eating disorders in their application will not be considered for the role.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
- Lived experience of eating disorder difficulties (yourself or caring for a family member or close friend).
- Experience of managing your personal wellbeing and recovery well.
- Experience of working independently and managing your own workload, with guidance.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- The ability to apply the principles of peer support and recovery in your work.
- Completion of a recognised Peer Support Training course such as ImROC or to be prepared to complete the Peer Support Training.
We welcome applications from people seeking a part-time role (minimum 2.5 days per week).
You must be able to independently travel to other locations across the county.
Person Specification
Personal Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for someone (family member/close friend) with an eating disorder
- Own experience of an eating disorder
Desirable
- Experience of sharing personal experiences of mental health challenges/ Eating Disorders to help others
Education and training
Essential
- Good standard of literacy and education post GCSE level
- Evidence of previous job-related training
Desirable
- Peer support worker training already undertaken (
- Experience of presentations/training others/running groups
Experience and skills
Essential
- Demonstration of experience of managing their personal wellbeing / recovery well.
- Evidence of understanding the principles of peer support/recovery
- Evidence of being compassionate and empathetic
- Experience of working independently and managing their own workload, with guidance. (5)
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable
- Previous mental health care services experience (NHS/3rd Sector etc)
- Counselling skills
- Worked in a Peer Support Worker role
Person Specification
Personal Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for someone (family member/close friend) with an eating disorder
- Own experience of an eating disorder
Desirable
- Experience of sharing personal experiences of mental health challenges/ Eating Disorders to help others
Education and training
Essential
- Good standard of literacy and education post GCSE level
- Evidence of previous job-related training
Desirable
- Peer support worker training already undertaken (
- Experience of presentations/training others/running groups
Experience and skills
Essential
- Demonstration of experience of managing their personal wellbeing / recovery well.
- Evidence of understanding the principles of peer support/recovery
- Evidence of being compassionate and empathetic
- Experience of working independently and managing their own workload, with guidance. (5)
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable
- Previous mental health care services experience (NHS/3rd Sector etc)
- Counselling skills
- Worked in a Peer Support Worker role
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.
