Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.
• Assist peers and other service users in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and advanced directives to feed into the CPA process.
• Share and coach coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship.
• Support peers and other service users to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenge negative self-talk.
• Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable peers and other service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.
• Completion of Peer Support Worker Training or commitment to complete within 3-6 months of employment
Completion of own Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or whole life plan or commitment to complete within 3-6 months of employment
Related Health or Social Care qualification
Lived experience of a long-term health condition
Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others
Willingness to support people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
Understanding of the service delivery goals of the care pathway
Knowledge of local policies in respect of safeguarding children and protection of vulnerable adults
Personal Qualities
Must be able to travel to a wide range of locations across the Trust
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people's mental health services;
Children's community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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