Job summary
The Learning and Disability team are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Band 3 Peer Support Worker to join their team, and this exciting opportunity has arisen for 12 months. The role will be flexible in terms of hours and can be negotiated and tailored to the successful applicant individual circumstances.
This role would be ideal for a peer support worker with lived experience using adults, older adults, and learning disabilities health services. Also, the ideal candidate would have completed the NELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker Training or have experience working as a Peer Support Worker (and complete the NELFT APSW training within 6 months of recruitment).
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post are to:
- Support service users to access these resources, including acting as an escort, e.g. in vocation, education, and leisure.
- To act as a role model and mentor for Recovery, using my experience to inspire hope in others, demonstrating coping skills, sharing life experiences, self-management techniques and lessons learned where appropriate.
- To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of recovery-focused care.
- To enhance Recovery, create and maintain professional, supportive relationships with all staff members and other external professionals and agencies.
- To be aware of and teach others and challenging issues in relation to stigma, low expectations, and anti-discriminatory practice as appropriate.
- Attend team meetings/awaydays as appropriate.
- Ensure that systems are in place to capture and listen to the voice of service users and carers and that action is taken appropriately.
As part of the Learning Disabilities Team, we can offer you the following:
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
If you have queries, then please contact Polly Cunningham-Polly.Cunningham@nelft.nhs.uk
About us
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff, and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High-Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Good written and spoken English
- NELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker training or Peer Support Worker experience.
Desirable
- NELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker training or Peer Support Worker experience.
- Other relevant qualifications e.g. health and social care
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of having using health services for support/treatment
- Living experience of a health challenge
Desirable
- Experience with working within a team (either mental health or non-mental health team)
- Prior experience (paid or unpaid) working in the health and social care sector or prior experience working with vulnerable adults.
- Prior experience, paid or unpaid, in peer support roles
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Ability to work with service users on an individual or group basis to support them in their personal recovery.
Desirable
- Ability to support the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of mental and physical care appropriate to the needs of the client group
- Demonstrate a degree of emotional intelligence with the ability to understand and discuss the factors that may have contributed to the client's current presentation And reflect on one's own behaviours/thoughts/feelings that may come up during work.
- Demonstrate an awareness how your own approach and communication style may impact on service users, their carers and members of your own team
- Sound knowledge and understanding of common mental health problems, and eating disorders in particular.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to respond with compassion towards clients when they present in a way that is considered aggressive, maladaptive or socially immature or unacceptable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Good written and spoken English
- NELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker training or Peer Support Worker experience.
Desirable
- NELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker training or Peer Support Worker experience.
- Other relevant qualifications e.g. health and social care
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of having using health services for support/treatment
- Living experience of a health challenge
Desirable
- Experience with working within a team (either mental health or non-mental health team)
- Prior experience (paid or unpaid) working in the health and social care sector or prior experience working with vulnerable adults.
- Prior experience, paid or unpaid, in peer support roles
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Ability to work with service users on an individual or group basis to support them in their personal recovery.
Desirable
- Ability to support the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of mental and physical care appropriate to the needs of the client group
- Demonstrate a degree of emotional intelligence with the ability to understand and discuss the factors that may have contributed to the client's current presentation And reflect on one's own behaviours/thoughts/feelings that may come up during work.
- Demonstrate an awareness how your own approach and communication style may impact on service users, their carers and members of your own team
- Sound knowledge and understanding of common mental health problems, and eating disorders in particular.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to respond with compassion towards clients when they present in a way that is considered aggressive, maladaptive or socially immature or unacceptable.
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).
