Peer Support Worker - Aylesbury Crisis Team

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is recruiting a Peer Support Worker within the Adult Mental Health Service in Aylesbury. This role focuses on supporting service users by leveraging personal lived experiences to promote recovery. Candidates should be compassionate individuals committed to fostering a stigma-free environment and empowering others through shared experiences. Flexible working hours and a range of benefits including annual leave, professional development opportunities, and more are offered.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across various retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Have lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Ability to travel independently between sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and practical support to service users.
• Facilitate group and one-to-one sessions to inspire hope.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to assess and evaluate care.

Skills

Empathy

Emotional support

Communication

Job description

Do you have prior lived experience of mental health challenges or have cared for someone with mental health challenges?

We are recruiting for a Peer Support Worker within the Buckinghamshire Adult Mental Health Service.

Peer Support Workers are people who have their own lived experience of mental health challenges. They use empathy informed by their own experiences to support service users/families who are accessing mental health services.

Through this role you will demonstrate best practice in relation to the application of recovery principles within their practice and model the recovery principles together with personal responsibility, self-awareness and self-care whilst undertaking the duties of the role.

Aylesbury Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), is a vital component of the Urgent Care Pathway, addressing the objectives of the Ten-Year Plan to deliver Crisis Response and Home Treatment Services across Buckinghamshire. Service users can access our services through various channels, including referrals from their GP, emergency department visits, and interactions with the police and our street triage teams. The goal of the Urgent Care Pathway is to unify these access points under one team, ensuring a seamless journey through the pathway.

Some part-time working options may be considered for this role. Working hours could involve shifts covering 7 days a week, or we can discuss working hours between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, to suit your preferences.

• Provide emotional and practical support to service users by drawing on lived experience of mental health challenges to promote recovery and independence
• Facilitate group and one-to-one sessions to inspire hope, offer empathy, and empower service users, helping them build their own support networks
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, ensuring service users engage effectively with the services offered
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure confidentiality and security of information, contributing to learning from service users' feedback and incidents
• Promote independent living and reduce stigma by role-modelling recovery journeys and challenging discrimination with compassion.
  
  

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cate Welmers Job title: Bucks Peer Support Coordinator Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07721163891

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.