Peer Support Worker
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with lived experience of receiving care from Eating Disorder Services to join our team as a peer support worker.
As a peer support worker you will be a valued member of the St Ann's Eating Disorder Service working alongside a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. You will be able to share relevant personal experiences and draw on insights and skills developed through your own recovery to come alongside people using services on a one-to-one and group basis to explore peoples own goals and personalised recovery. This role will have a particular focus on Inpatient and Outpatient.
It is anticipated this will be a dynamic role with lots of variation and will include tasks such as;
- Providing peer support during mealtimes (including eating with the individual you are working alongside)
- Supporting people to access groups and activities in their local communities
An individual may go through many service transitions during their recovery journey; the peer support worker in this role will predominantly be focusing on transitions between inpatient and outpatient.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation. These principles will recognise the need to:
- Promote safe practices
- Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
- Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
- Value social inclusion
Main duties of the job
- To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users.
- Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.
- Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness via the appropriate sharing of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in service users.
- Assist service users in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) if used, and advanced directives to feed into the care planning process.
- Share / teach coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship.
- Support service users to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenge negative self-talk.Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.
- Accompany service users, if appropriate, to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to recovery goals.
- Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multi-disciplinary team members, service users and carers.
About us
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people.We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where youcan thrive and succeed.
Details
Date posted
31 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£27,129 to £28,649 a year Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
306-BEH-1207-C
Job locations
St Anns Hospital
St Ann's Road
London
N15 3TH
Employer details
Employer name
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
St Anns Hospital
St Ann's Road
London
N15 3TH
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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