This role is suitable for individuals who have a lived experience of psychosis and receiving support from secondary mental health services.
As part of community mental health transformation we are seeking to develop the community rehabilitation team across Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust with a particular focus on individuals with treatment resistant psychosis and frequent admissions or long stays in inpatient units locally, and out of county, as well as individuals with 24 hour support whose placements are at risk of breaking down.
This newly established team will seek to build links between internal services, VCSE (voluntary, community or social enterprise) organisations and existing/new care providers to ensure a multi-agency, collaborative and recovery-oriented approach to community rehabilitation. This will include creating a shared ethos and goals and a sense of hope and optimism to deliver individualised and person-centred care to promote independence and integration within the local community.
The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:
To communicate with a variety of people on a range of matters and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust's policies and procedures.
To co-facilitate group therapy, support and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations and external agencies.
Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, help lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
~81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues.
Training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of experience, knowledge or training.
Experience in information analysis and provision of statistical reports. Ability to work in an enabling and creative way. Willingness too support people needs in recovery goals.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
Experience of providing teaching or mentoring to adults.
Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues.
Training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of experience, knowledge or training.
Experience in information analysis and provision of statistical reports. Ability to work in an enabling and creative way. Willingness too support people needs in recovery goals.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
Experience of providing teaching or mentoring to adults.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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