Job summary
Do you have personal experience of supporting your partner through the perinatal period?
Are you passionate about peer support and family wellbeing?
Do you have excellent communication and listening skills?
We are excited to offer a brand new opportunity for a Partner Peer Support Worker to join the Perinatal Mental Health Team. This post is key in our ambition to offer family focused care for women accessing the service.
Drawing on your own lived experience of supporting a loved one through the perinatal period, you will carry out wellbeing checks with Dads & Partners, helping signpost and ensure Dads & Partners feel heard and valued during this key period.
You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure Dads & Partners are included in the care pathway, and their vital role is recognised.
This post is based in the North of the county, covering Peterborough, Huntingdon, Fenland and the surrounding areas. We have another position available in the South of the county (Cambridge, Ely and the surrounding areas). Please view this advert for details.
Main duties of the job
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
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- Conduct one to one wellbeing conversations with partners of women accessing the Perinatal Service.
- Develop and maintain excellent links with local organisations offering support and advice to partners.
- Support partners to self-identify their needs and help signpost to community organisations and other services.
- Be a valued and contributing member of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Advocate for the role of partners in the Perinatal period, recognising the vital role they play in family mental health and recovery.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- Establish a supportive and respectful relationship with peers and other 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 telling of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.
- Coach 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.
- Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multi-disciplinary team members, service users and carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- Establish a supportive and respectful relationship with peers and other 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 telling of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.
- Coach 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.
- Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multi-disciplinary team members, service users and carers.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3 / AS Level or equivalent
- Completion of the Accredited Peer Support Worker Training (or completion within 6 months of employment)
Desirable
- Related Health or Social Care qualification
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health challenges as a partner.
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
- Experience of working in a team or a group environment
Desirable
- Experience of working in the public sector
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
Desirable
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Understanding and practical knowledge of recovery.
- Understanding of the issues and concerns of women, and their families during the perinatal period
Desirable
- Appreciation of the community resources within the geographical location of the post and key partners.
Other
Essential
- Must be able to independently travel to a wide range of locations across the county.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3 / AS Level or equivalent
- Completion of the Accredited Peer Support Worker Training (or completion within 6 months of employment)
Desirable
- Related Health or Social Care qualification
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health challenges as a partner.
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
- Experience of working in a team or a group environment
Desirable
- Experience of working in the public sector
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
Desirable
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Understanding and practical knowledge of recovery.
- Understanding of the issues and concerns of women, and their families during the perinatal period
Desirable
- Appreciation of the community resources within the geographical location of the post and key partners.
Other
Essential
- Must be able to independently travel to a wide range of locations across the county.
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.
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.
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).
