Band 3 - Peer Support Practitioner- Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A regional mental health service in Bristol is seeking peer support practitioners to provide crucial support to adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. This role offers flexible working hours, with a minimum of 12 hours per week. Ideal candidates will have firsthand experience with mental health services and a personal understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with learning disabilities. Comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a clinical diagnosis of a learning disability and/or autism.
• Experience using mental health services is required.
• Ability to articulate personal experience in application.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
• Participate as part of the Kingfisher Team.
• Work full-time or part-time, with a minimum of 12 hours per week.

Skills

Experience with mental health services

Ability to engage with individuals with learning disabilities

Job description

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 [e-mail] to register your interest for the teams meeting.

More detailed information will be provided to applicants invited for interview.