The Kingfisher is a new service providing specialist mental health inpatient and outreach support to adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
The inpatient service is located at the Blackberry Hill Hospital site in Fishponds, Bristol.
We are looking to recruit peer support practitioners to work as part of the Kingfisher Team.
There is a choice of part time or full-time hours to be negotiated. The minimum hours we are looking to employ is 12.
Full training will be provided for this role.
Applicants must have a clinical diagnosis of a learning disability and or autism and have received support from mental health services.
The services we are interested in the applicants having used are:
Inpatient care on a mental health ward
Having been allocated a Care coordinator in a mental health team
Having had a care plan
Having had care from a Psychiatrist
Having used a team such as the Recovery Team or the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team
Please state this clearly in your personal statement in the online application form.
We are offering an online meeting on teams (dates to be confirmed) to share information about the application process,a short presentation about the role and to answer questions.
Please contact awp.peerlxp@nhs.net to register your interest for the teams meeting.
More detailed information will be provided to applicants invited for interview.
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