Peer Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for a peer practitioner with lived experience of receiving support from an Early Intervention in Psychosis service, who feels comfortable using their experiences to show empathy and understanding to help others and to inspire hope and recovery. Here at CWPT, we value lived experience and the impact it can have in the recovery of the people we care for.

Early Intervention in Psychosis is an innovative and evidence-based model. The teams work with service users aged 14-65 who are experiencing a first episode or early psychosis, and their families, for up to 3 years, as well as people presenting with an at-risk mental state. There is a string commitment to provide an excellent standard of care and to continually improve what we do.

In this role the appointed candidate will have completed their PSW training and Care Certificate. We are looking for someone with at least 12 months experience of working in a PSW role, Maths and English at grades A-C qualifications and a level 3 qualification relevant to the role. The Peer practitioner employed will be supported by the Senior PSW to safely navigate and thrive in the role. They will work closely alongside the occupational therapists within the team to provide OT specific interventions to EI patients.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the well established Early Intervention team based in Coventry. Your role will involve supporting the teams occupational therapists to deliver specific interventions in an individual or group capacity to patients who may benefit from your lived experience lens. You will also support care coordinators and other members of the MDT in delivering NICE approved standards of care. Good interpersonal skills are essential in building good therapeutic relationships and instilling a sense of hope and recovery in the patients you work with.

You will receive regular support from a clinical supervisor as well the team managers. You will be expected to deliver supervision for band 3 peer support workers across the 3 EI Teams. There will also be opportunities to support the team with bringing a lived experience perspective to service development and being involved in recruitment.

Your impact will be wide-reaching. As well as working alongside an MDT, you'll work closely with the Recovery and Wellbeing Academy, which delivers educational courses and workshops to anyone over the age of 18 living in Coventry and Warwickshire. You will contribute to the co-creation and delivery of these workshops and courses.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.