Peer Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Adult Mental HealthGrade NHS AfC: Band 3Contract PermanentHours
1. Part time
2. Flexible working
hours per week (Monday-Friday; 9-5)Job ref -ACA-0- Site Audrey House, Kingsway HospitalTown DerbySalary £, - £, per annum, pro rataSalary period YearlyClosing //5 :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
The Peer Support Worker role is an integral role in our new female Enhanced Care Female Unit (ECU). It is an exciting and innovative time to join Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as we embark on the opening of Audrey House on our Kingsway Hospital site in Derby.
Your role as a PSW, will be an exciting dual role, working within a multi-disciplinary team. The role will involve
3. Helping to co-produce policy writing, procedures, and governance for our ECU, coupled with using your voice of lived experience of mental health, to ensure the team are aware of the imperative work you will be undertaking within the unit.
4. Promoting the implementation of cultural and structural change through the provision of peer support as an integral part of acute adult inpatient mental health services
5. Facilitating formal and informal learning, working with staff in clinical practice and supporting the clinical team to develop the best recovery-based practice.
The PSW role sees the introduction of lived experience into everyday practice. You will offer a combination of group and one to one work and will work within the multi-disciplinary team to support a service user’s recovery journey.
The work will be face to face in a ward-based environment and will be carried out under the supervision of the Ward Manager with support from our Inpatient Peer Support Lead.
Main duties of the job
You will support the provision of high-quality patient services that are clinically safe, evidence based, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trusts’ Standards.
The post will also involve working closely in collaboration with our Psychological Therapies department at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to be able to work with teams as well as on your own initiative are essential.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the Trust.”
Benefits include:
6. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
7. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
8. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
9. Generous NHS pension scheme
10. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
11. Health service discounts and online benefits
12. Incremental pay progression
13. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
14. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
15. Health and wellbeing opportunities
16. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
17. Satisfactory level of secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade, or equivalent (may be working toward this).
18. Completion or willingness to complete peer support training
19. Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
Desirable criteria
20. Willingness to undertake further training relevant to role
21. Previous experience of being a servicer receiver or a carer of a service receiver.
22. Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
23. Lived experience of mental health challenges.
24. Lived experience of accessing mental health services.
25. Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role.
Further details / informal visits contact
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