Peer Support Worker

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Stroud; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Peer Support Worker to enhance service delivery with lived experience and recovery knowledge. The role involves facilitating group sessions, supporting individuals and their families, and collaborating with health professionals in the community. Candidates should be able to communicate effectively and contribute to peer support initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in group therapy and psycho-education is beneficial.
• Knowledge of community health resources and recovery-focused approaches.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate group therapy and support discussions.
• Communicate with service users and maintain detailed records.
• Promote understanding of recovery and recognition of lived experience.

Skills

Communication

Holistic Support

Risk Assessment

Co-facilitation

Education

Experience as a peer mentor or in a support role

Job description

The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:

• To communicate with a variety of people on a range of matters and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust's policies and procedures.
• To act as a specialist resource within the service, by offering a unique perspective to service users. To act as an expert on recovery resources.
• To share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals.
• To co-facilitate group therapy, support and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
• To promote opportunities for people with lived experience to raise awareness and promote understanding.
• Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
• Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
• Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
• To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
• To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations and external agencies.
• Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, help lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.