Peer Support Worker

Care England; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days paid holiday

Total reward package

Job summary

Turning Point is recruiting a Peer Support Worker for a part-time role at Wood Street, Nottingham County, to support individuals with complex mental health needs in a community setting. You will work with a team to provide tailored support and help residents develop independent living skills.

The ideal candidate has lived experience, strong communication, and the ability to adapt messages for different audiences. The role emphasizes recovery-oriented interventions and person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge and value base in mental health and related issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to tailor the message to the audience.

Responsibilities

• Draw on your own personal, lived experiences of your recovery journey – you will inspire hope to others who are experts by experience.
• Devise individually tailored support and risk management plans and ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the service.
• Help residents gain skills and coping strategies, while encouraging positive change and independence.
• Offer support face to face with residents in the community, individually and within group settings.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Verbal communication

Written communication

Empathy

Coping/self-management

Job description

Job Introduction

This exciting new development within Nottingham County welcomes enthusiastic applicants to apply for this rare opportunity to be involved in shaping a brand new service, that will support individuals with complex mental health needs.

Wood Street is a supported living service which will provide accommodation and support to people who may have dual diagnoses, a history of drug and/or alcohol use and/or forensic histories.

Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the scope - supporting individuals to gain the skills to live independently. With an emphasis on key working, you'll need to work flexibly to manage your own small caseload and help with the day to day running of the service.

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with mental health issues. As a Peer Support Worker, you'll make a real difference to peoples lives, lives as you work closely with people to help them achieve their potential. You will form part of a wider supportive team within the region and there is the opportunity for growth in the future.

The role is part-time.

Role Responsibility

The role of the Peer Support Worker is to draw on your own personal, lived experiences of your recovery journey - you will inspire hope to others who are experts by experience.

As a Peer Support Worker, you will work as part of a team to devise individually tailored support and risk management plans and ensure the smooth day to day running of the service.

Ultimately, you'll play a vital role in helping them to gain skills and coping strategies, all while encouraging positive change and independence.

The role will require you to offer support face to face with residents in the community, individually and within group settings.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and value base in mental health and related issues. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor the message to the audience.

You will share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals, drawing on personal experiences and a range of coping, self-help and self-management techniques.

You will model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness.

You will be able to deliver a range of treatments and interventions in a person centred, non-judgemental manner. You will have the ability to deal effectively and calmly with challenging situations.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.

You will get 31 days' paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 33 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

Turning Point

Attached documents

• MH - Peer Support Worker JD.pdf