Job summary
The Recovery College provides opportunities to learn about living well with our mental health and supporting the wellbeing of those around us. Courses are free and available to anyone aged 16+ who feels they would benefit from learning with those who have personal lived experiences and professional expertise of the topic. The College provides both in-reach within LPFT & existing services as well as outreach into community settings.
Do you have your own personal experience of mental health challenges?
Are you passionate about teaching others, supporting people to learn, (re)discover their potential and build on existing resources?
Can you appropriately share your experiences of mental health challenges in a way that helps others with their wellbeing & mental health?
The Peer Trainer role is integral to the College & the successful candidate will be able to use an educational approach to support others to learn about mental health & wellbeing.
This is a varied & dynamic role and we are looking for someone who thrives on being able to get involved with a variety of different areas of work and take the lead where appropriate. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic & able to work effectively both autonomously & as part of a team.
The successful candidate will lead on the co-production and delivery of courses specifically for carers and become a carers champion
For more info please contact Team manager - Amy Day
07866 810545
amy.day16@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Co-facilitate (teach) Recovery College courses, and lead on those for Carers
Be involved in the creation of the Colleges digital offer
Co-produce (design and create with others) Recovery College courses, and lead on those for Carers, having lived experience of being a carer or working alongside carers would be desirable.
Skilfully use own personal lived experience of mental health challenges to help students learn and make positive, meaningful changes to support their mental health
Promote the Recovery College
Support people to discuss mental health, raise awareness and reduce stigma
Be involved in quality assurance processes and course review
Role model personal recovery and work in a recovery focused, strengths based way.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Amy Day, via email at amy.day16@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Amy Day, via email at amy.day16@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 4 qualification in health or social care or equivalent knowledge and experience gained through any combination of alternative study, employment, or voluntary work.
- Training and facilitation qualification and / or a willingness to achieve CET level 4 or equivalent within 9-12 months in post
Desirable
- Mental Health related qualification (MHFA)
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of own mental health challenges
- Teaching / facilitation experience
- Experience of creating teaching and learning materials
- Experience of delivering sessions to a wide variety of people with differing learning needs
- Experience of partnership working skills in establishing effective relationships
- Experience of work interacting with the public
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health services
- Experience of using the Recovery College
- Experience of supporting people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
- Experience of co-production
Special requirements
Essential
- Positive approach to people of all ages
- Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Willingness to embrace new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
- Energy/drive, enthusiasm, and tenacity
- Must be able to travel to a range of locations
- Ability to travel independently within and external to Lincolnshire without the use of public transport
- A willingness to work flexibly through prior arrangement as the needs of the job dictate including unsocial hours up until 8.30pm at times
Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, allocate and evaluate own work, being able to deal with pressure and prioritisation
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Computer literate and experience of using multi-media presentation software
- Ability to multi-task in a busy environment
- Professional in appearance and behaviour
- Able to manage conflict and to help others to do so
- Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
- High level of self-awareness - ability to critically appraise own performance
- Critical thinker
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Ability to assist people to develop recovery plans, achieve learning aims and objectives
- Ability and willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 4 qualification in health or social care or equivalent knowledge and experience gained through any combination of alternative study, employment, or voluntary work.
- Training and facilitation qualification and / or a willingness to achieve CET level 4 or equivalent within 9-12 months in post
Desirable
- Mental Health related qualification (MHFA)
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of own mental health challenges
- Teaching / facilitation experience
- Experience of creating teaching and learning materials
- Experience of delivering sessions to a wide variety of people with differing learning needs
- Experience of partnership working skills in establishing effective relationships
- Experience of work interacting with the public
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health services
- Experience of using the Recovery College
- Experience of supporting people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
- Experience of co-production
Special requirements
Essential
- Positive approach to people of all ages
- Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Willingness to embrace new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
- Energy/drive, enthusiasm, and tenacity
- Must be able to travel to a range of locations
- Ability to travel independently within and external to Lincolnshire without the use of public transport
- A willingness to work flexibly through prior arrangement as the needs of the job dictate including unsocial hours up until 8.30pm at times
Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, allocate and evaluate own work, being able to deal with pressure and prioritisation
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Computer literate and experience of using multi-media presentation software
- Ability to multi-task in a busy environment
- Professional in appearance and behaviour
- Able to manage conflict and to help others to do so
- Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
- High level of self-awareness - ability to critically appraise own performance
- Critical thinker
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Ability to assist people to develop recovery plans, achieve learning aims and objectives
- Ability and willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
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.
