Lived Experience Practitioner

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; Presencial; GBP 31.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lived Experience Practitioner to join the Specialist Psychotherapies Service. You will draw on your recovery journey to support and inspire others in their recovery, helping them build hope, resilience and confidence for the future.

A key part of the role involves supporting and co-facilitating the Moving On Group, working within a compassionate multidisciplinary team, and contributing your lived experience to service

Responsabilidades

• Co-facilitating the Moving On Group, supporting service users as they transition from our Compassion Focused Group Programme and continue their recovery journey.
• Creating a safe, compassionate and recovery-focused environment that promotes hope, resilience and self-management.
• Sharing lived experience in a purposeful and professional way to inspire and support others in their recovery.
• Working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver psychologically informed and trauma-informed support.
• Contributing lived-experience perspectives to service development, group delivery and quality improvement initiatives.
• Supporting staff understanding through consultation, reflective discussions and training where appropriate.
• Building effective relationships with colleagues.
• Maintaining accurate records, participating in supervision, and working within safeguarding, confidentiality and professional frameworks.

Descripción del empleo

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Areyoupassionateaboutusingyourlivedexperiencetosupportandinspireothersintheirrecoveryjourney? We are looking for a skilled and experienced Lived Experience Practitioner to join the Specialist Psychotherapies Service. This unique role offers the opportunity to use your personal recovery journeytomakeameaningfuldifferencetopeoplewithComplexEmotionalNeeds,helpingthembuildhope,resilienceandconfidenceforthefuture. Akeypartoftherolewillbesupportingandco-facilitatingourMovingOnGroup, helping service users as they transition from specialist therapy and continue their recovery journey. Working alongside a compassionate multidisciplinaryteam,youwillcontributetocreatingasafe,supportiveandpsychologicallyinformedspacewherepeoplecanreflectontheirprogress,strengthencopingstrategiesandmoveforwardwithgreaterconfidence. You will also contribute your lived experience perspective to service development, staff training and consultation, helping to ensure that the voices of people with lived experienceremaincentraltothewayservicesaredesignedanddelivered. This isanexcitingopportunitytohelpshapeanddeveloplivedexperiencepracticewithinaspecialistmentalhealthservicewhilesupportingotherstoachievemeaningfulandlastingrecovery. AsaLivedExperiencePractitioner,youwilluseyourexperienceofrecoverytosupportpeoplewithComplexEmotionalNeedswithintheSpecialistPsychotherapiesService.Keyresponsibilitieswillinclude:

• Co-facilitatingtheMovingOnGroup,supportingserviceusersastheytransitionfromour Compassion Focused Group Programmeandcontinuetheirrecoveryjourney.
• Creatingasafe,compassionateandrecovery-focusedenvironmentthatpromoteshope,resilienceandself-management.
• Sharinglivedexperienceinapurposefulandprofessionalwaytoinspireandsupportothersintheirrecovery.
• Workingalongsidemultidisciplinarycolleaguestodeliverpsychologicallyinformedandtrauma-informedsupport.
• Contributinglivedexperienceperspectivestoservicedevelopment,groupdeliveryandqualityimprovementinitiatives.
• Supportingstaffunderstandingthroughconsultation,reflectivediscussionsandtrainingwhereappropriate.
• Buildingeffectiverelationshipswithcolleagues.
• Maintainingaccuraterecords,participatinginsupervision,andworkingwithinsafeguarding,confidentialityandprofessionalframeworks.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.