Peer Support Worker
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Job summary
The Croydon University Hospital Mental Health Assessment Unit is part of the Liaison Services and the Unit provides psychiatric assessments and treatment for people, aged 18 - 65 to determine if they need mental health care and treatment. The service caters for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon and our aim is to ensure that people get the expertise they need to address their mental health problems. We provide a 24-hour service to Croydon University Hospital, offering urgent assessment and intervention to patients, the team includes Nurses, Doctors, an Occupational Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist
Main duties of the job
- To provide 1:1 therapeutic engagement to patients who present in crisis
- Identify creative ways of utilising digital and virtual means of occupying service users in therapeutic ways.
- Creating positive working relationships with local services and local activity providers for across the 4 boroughs covered by the Trust, as well as creating and compiling resources within the service.
- To provide support to families and carers, including assisting other colleagues in the safe running of the service.
- To attend and contribute to clinical team meetings and handovers across the Liaison and emergency department services.
- You will support senior team members with welcoming, conducting baseline observations following referrals.
About us
Working for your organisation
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Details
Date posted
10 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£28,622 to £30,225 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
334-NUR-6978507-LF
Job locations
Croydon University Hospital
London Road
Croydon
CR7 7YE
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Croydon University Hospital
London Road
Croydon
CR7 7YE
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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