Perinatal Peer Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide support to service users in the community and maintain relationships and contact with them if they are an in-patient.

To act as a role model to service users to inspire hope, share life experiences and demonstrate coping strategies, and share experiences of recovery.

To co-facilitate peer recovery and other recovery-focused groups in partnership with members of staff.

To positively promote and support independent living for service users in the community by maintaining an extensive knowledge and links with community resources and actively supporting service users to access them e.g. in relation to employment, leisure, motherhood and citizenship.

To support allocated service users, to prepare for meetings regarding their care i.e. consultants meeting, CPA planning, pre-birth planning meetings and reviews.

To attend necessary staff/clinical meetings and champion a recovery and holistic approach to care for all discussed service users.

To feedback activities with service users to the team

To report any untoward incidents or unusual occurrences to the senior staff member/ service manager immediately.

To adhere to the Peer Support Worker Code of ethics

Use a range of communication skills to ensure service users are engaged in a meaningful way.

Provide effective means of communication with staff in line with the philosophy of Recovery.

To build andmaintain positive and empathic relationships, which result in positive outcome for service users and aids their Recovery.

To communicate with service users and the team with optimism and enthusiasm whilst being sensitive to the complex and diverse needs of the clients.

To workin accordance with the Trusts Information Sharing Policy and Data Protection Act, ensuring that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel.

Toassist service users to integrate into the service and local area and support them to access information on health promotion, mental and physical wellbeing, as well as services for their baby

To monitor the service user's progress and report areas of concern to the multi-disciplinary team (verbally & on RiO).

To assist the service user to understand their rights and choices within the service.

Report any untoward incidents or unusual occurrences to the manager/senior clinician immediately.

Awareness of the standards of professional behavior expected within the service by the Trust.

Awareness and ability to implement Peer support worker boundaries.

An understanding and appropriate application of policies and procedures.

Fulfilment of all identified mandatory and statutory identified training needs in order to achieve Trust objectives and specific Local objectives.

To understand and acknowledge the right of those patients who use Mental Health Services in accordance with the Policies and procedures of the Trust and the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.

Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations (Health and Safety at Work Act, Infection Control Policy etc.) and that requirements are fully complied with in line with the guidance and instruction of the Matron.

Work in collaboration with the ward team in order to maintain environmental integrity and safety.

Contribute to the Quality Improvement (QI) work of the service.

Awareness of the standards of professional behavior expected within the service by the Trust.

Awareness and ability to implement Peer support worker boundaries.

An understanding and appropriate application of policies and procedures.

Fulfilment of all identified mandatory and statutory identified training needs in order to achieve Trust objectives and specific Local objectives.

To understand and acknowledge the right of those patients who use Mental Health Services in accordance with the Policies and procedures of the Trust and the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.

Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations (Health and Safety at Work Act, Infection Control Policy etc.) and that requirements are fully complied with in line with the guidance and instruction of the Matron.

Work in collaboration with the ward team in order to maintain environmental integrity and safety.

Contribute to the Quality Improvement (QI) work of the service.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working 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.

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newham Perinatal Mental Health Team

House 15, Newham University Hospital, Glen Road

Plaistow

E13 8SL

Employer's website

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