Peer Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Adult Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
1. Part time
2. Flexible working
hours per week (Monday-Friday; 9-5) Job ref -ACA-9- Site Carsington Unit (Kingsway Hospital) / Radboune Unit (Royal Derby Hospital) Town Derby Salary £, - £, per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing //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
Peer Support Worker (PSW) - Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit sites, Derby
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in mental health services? We are seeking to recruit a motivated Peer Support Worker to work with our friendly and dynamic teams at the Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit.
We are looking for an individual who is dedicated to the principles of social inclusion to work with adults experiencing mental health difficulties during an inpatient admission.
The role will involve working with the Hub teams and linking into the acute wards, to offer a service for adults requiring acute inpatient stays at the Radbourne and Carsington Units. Our services are multi-disciplinary providing person-centred holistic care to patients with a wide variety of mental health conditions.
The role is focused on providing emotional support, drawing upon your own experiences of mental health or caring for those experiencing mental health difficulties. You will work with our team to provide practical and emotional support, allowing you to connect with people and enabling them to build self-confidence, a sense of personal wellbeing, build networks and engage with their family, friends and communities.
If you have first-hand, personal experience of mental health difficulties and would like to help others with similar conditions, then this peer support worker role could be well suited to you.
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 Trust's Standards. The post will also involve working closely in collaboration with our Psychological Therapies department at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation 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:
3. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
4. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
5. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
6. Generous NHS pension scheme
7. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
8. Health service discounts and online benefits
9. Incremental pay progression
10. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
11. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
12. Health and wellbeing opportunities
13. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. Satisfactory level of secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade, or equivalent (may be working toward this).
15. Completion or willingness to complete peer support training
16. Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
Desirable criteria
17. Willingness to undertake further training relevant to role
18. Previous experience of being a servicer receiver or a carer of a service receiver.
19. Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
20. Lived experience of mental health challenges.
21. Lived experience of accessing mental health services.
22. Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role.
Further details / informal visits contact
NameKaren SanghaJob titleOperational and Clinical LeadEmail numberAdditional information
Additional contact:
Holly Bowers, Operational and Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist. Contact Telephone:. Email:>
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