Peer Support Practitioner | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Kent is seeking a Peer Support Practitioner to join their team in Canterbury. The role involves offering formalized peer support to service users, promoting choice, self-determination, and recovery. Ideal candidates will have personal experience with mental health services and strong communication skills. This position is located in a 24-hour staffed rehabilitation unit.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of mental health services.
• Ability to provide peer support.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide formalized peer support to service users.
• Work with clients to promote self-determination.
• Act as a champion for recovery within the team.

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a job that inspires hope for a happier, healthier future?

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with lived experience of mental health services to join our multi-disciplinary team at Ethelbert Rd.

Ethelbert Rd is situated in Canterbury, and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, providing specialist inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health needs. The unit comprises of 8 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Peer Support Practitioner will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users to promote choice and work with them to regain control over their lives. Within a relationship of reciprocity, they will journey with service users to promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of individually identified goals, working with people towards gaining greater independence and to manage their own health and wellbeing.

The Peer Support Practitioner will act as a champion for recovery within the team and an ambassador of recovery. As a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Peer Support Practitioner will work alongside the clients on a 1 to 1 and/or group basis.

“I feel more in control of my life - my peer has shown me never to give up hope”– service user feedback