Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Early Intervention in Psychosis Peer Support Worker

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Job summary

The role of Peer Support Worker (PSW) has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of first episode of psychosis. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, Peer Support Workers will promote inspiring hope and the belief that recovery is possible for those who are using our service.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis service is made up of a friendly, supportive and experienced team, based close to West Bromwich town centre. If you have experienced first episode of psychosis and would like to be part of the recovery of others we would like to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

  • To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using EIP
  • To provide peer support whilst maintaining professional boundaries
  • To help people identify their own Recovery goals
  • To support service users to identify and overcome fears within a relationship of empathy and trust
  • To liaise with carers, other health professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to enable the Recovery needs of the service user group to be met
  • To follow the principles and values of Recovery.
  • To co-facilitate Group work and individual support in the community and on wards as required.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 3,500 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone's life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours

Reference number

285-8263-MH

Job locations

Edward Street Community Base

Edward Street

Black Country

B70 8NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

  1. ADMINISTRATIVE

Undertake appropriate administrative duties to assist the team in delivering effective and timely care, e.g. data inputting, safeguard, filing, computer work, faxing, photo-copying, updating patient records.

  1. CLINICAL

To work in collaboration with other organisations and colleagues involved in the delivery of care.

Co-Producing and Supporting / delivering interventions within EIP.

Participate in meetings with service users to promote coproduction and ensure we hear the voice of patients in service development and delivery.

Work within the Trusts clinical supervision guidelines.

  1. COMMUNICATION AND LIAISON

To share ideas about ways of achieving Recovery goals, drawing on personal experiences and a range of coping, self-help and self-management techniques.

To promote education, training and employment as Recovery goal options for Mental Health Service Users

To actively participate in Team Meetings and report regularly to the Service Manager to ensure effective communication

To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making

  1. ANALYSIS AND JUDGEMENT

To raise awareness of recovery language among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory working, and through avoiding the use of labels and non-jargon, non-medical jargon in all areas of work.

To model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness.

Act on own initiative when assisting Service Users in developing their own recovery plans and advance statements but act within limits of their competences and authorities and to seek advice and guidance when required.

  1. PLANNING AND ORGANISATION

To assist others to create their own Recovery plans and develop advance statements

To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making

  1. PHYSICAL SKILLS

This is a support role which will require a range of activities, including carrying out work at a pc /work station, meeting attendance and general walking whilst undertaking the tasks.

This post will frequently work at a highly complex level which requires the Post Holder to both concentrate for long periods of the working day and work within a highly unpredictable environment (working closely with Adult Mental Health Service Users)

Job description

Job responsibilities

  1. ADMINISTRATIVE

Undertake appropriate administrative duties to assist the team in delivering effective and timely care, e.g. data inputting, safeguard, filing, computer work, faxing, photo-copying, updating patient records.

  1. CLINICAL

To work in collaboration with other organisations and colleagues involved in the delivery of care.

Co-Producing and Supporting / delivering interventions within EIP.

Participate in meetings with service users to promote coproduction and ensure we hear the voice of patients in service development and delivery.

Work within the Trusts clinical supervision guidelines.

  1. COMMUNICATION AND LIAISON

To share ideas about ways of achieving Recovery goals, drawing on personal experiences and a range of coping, self-help and self-management techniques.

To promote education, training and employment as Recovery goal options for Mental Health Service Users

To actively participate in Team Meetings and report regularly to the Service Manager to ensure effective communication

To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making

  1. ANALYSIS AND JUDGEMENT

To raise awareness of recovery language among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory working, and through avoiding the use of labels and non-jargon, non-medical jargon in all areas of work.

To model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness.

Act on own initiative when assisting Service Users in developing their own recovery plans and advance statements but act within limits of their competences and authorities and to seek advice and guidance when required.

  1. PLANNING AND ORGANISATION

To assist others to create their own Recovery plans and develop advance statements

To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making

  1. PHYSICAL SKILLS

This is a support role which will require a range of activities, including carrying out work at a pc /work station, meeting attendance and general walking whilst undertaking the tasks.

This post will frequently work at a highly complex level which requires the Post Holder to both concentrate for long periods of the working day and work within a highly unpredictable environment (working closely with Adult Mental Health Service Users)

Person Specification

Skills and Values

Essential

  • Lived experience of first episode of psychosis
  • Communication skills
  • Understands the needs of people who have a first episode of psychosis
  • Able to engage with people experiencing FEP.
  • Understands boundaries when working with people who have FEP

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license and access to car for work purposes
Person Specification

Skills and Values

Essential

  • Lived experience of first episode of psychosis
  • Communication skills
  • Understands the needs of people who have a first episode of psychosis
  • Able to engage with people experiencing FEP.
  • Understands boundaries when working with people who have FEP

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license and access to car for work purposes

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Street Community Base

Edward Street

Black Country

B70 8NL


Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Street Community Base

Edward Street

Black Country

B70 8NL


Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Joint Service Manager

Laura Barney

laurabarney@nhs.net

01216126716

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours

Reference number

285-8263-MH

Job locations

Edward Street Community Base

Edward Street

Black Country

B70 8NL


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