Autism Peer Support Worker

Devon Partnership Trust; Dawlish; Remote; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part-time opportunities

Job summary

Devon Partnership Trust is recruiting an Autism Peer Support Worker for The Brook in Dawlish, a purpose-built inpatient unit for adults with learning disability/autism with acute mental health needs.

The role focuses on establishing supportive relationships with service users within a multidisciplinary team, receiving supervision and induction from our central Peer Leadership team. Flexible working arrangements and part-time options are available to match service needs.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have lived experience of disability or mental health services.
• Experience working in peer support is beneficial.
• Willingness to share personal lived experience in interviews.

Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with service users.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team for care planning.
• Participate in supervision and training.

Skills

Lived experience

Job description

We are recruiting an Autism Peer Support Worker to join The Brook in Dawlish, which is a new purpose-built, state-of-the-art, 10-bedded regional inpatient unit supporting adults with a learning disability/autism who have acute mental health needs.

The role will be to establish a supportive relationship with people who use our service, based on core principles of peer support.

You will work within the Brook's multi-disciplinary team who will provide line management, supervision, and induction training, plus support to develop your skills and confidence in the peer support role from our central Peer Leadership team.

This is not a healthcare support worker role. It is designed for people with lived experience who are interested in a career in peer support. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to share relevant details of their own personal lived experience at interview to demonstrate their ability to support our service users and families effectively.

We are able to accommodate flexible working arrangements and part-time working, in line with service needs.

The successful