Peer Support Worker - Early Intervention in Psychosis Service

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Horsham; Sur place; GBP 23 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Horsham is seeking a Peer Support Worker who uses lived experience of psychosis to support recovery within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team to empower service users and promote independence.

You will provide formalised peer support, co-facilitate groups, and help individuals develop personal goals while coordinating with community services and agencies in the region.

Qualifications

• Must have lived experience of psychosis.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Commitment to recovery-focused practice.

Responsabilités

• Provide formalised peer support to service users.
• Co-facilitate groups and support individual goals.
• Build links to social and community services.

Connaissances

Lived experience of psychosis

Description du poste

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Horsham Early Intervention in Psychosis Team (part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust), a community service for people aged 14-65 who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. As part of our ambition to deliver outstanding care we are looking to recruit a Peer Support Worker to complement our existing multi-disciplinary team. If you would like to support others with their recovery, using your own lived experience of psychosis, We are looking for an expert by experience that has lived experience of psychosis, to support the delivery of recovery focused interventions in our Early Intervention Team. As an integral and highly valued member of our multi-disciplinary team, the Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users, empowering them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process.Working collaboratively alongside service users, the Peer Support Worker builds on a person's ability, strengthens and their links to social and community services. In the role you will work in partnership with multiple agencies in the community. Peer Support Workers engage with mental health service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting service users to gain and maintain independence in the community. The Peer Support Worker will assist service users in raising aspirations and developing personal
goals, co-produce and co-facilitate groups and increasing individual occupational performance and participation., The service offers support and treatment to people aged 14 - 65 who have experienced either a first episode of psychosis or present with an At Risk Mental State. Practitioners in the team are passionate about their work, and are committed to supporting families and working in a psychologically informed way.
The Horsham EIP team is one of 6 Early Intervention in Psychosis teams provided by the Trust. The teams have a single service-wide governance group which oversees and leads on the delivery of care. Organizationally, the teams sit within the Trust's Specialist Division.
You will be provided with individual clinical supervision, and support from central peer team, opportunities to link with other Peer Support Workers both within EIP and other services for peer support and development. There may also be the opportunity to complete additional training, previous PSW's have completed IMROC course.
This small, friendly, multi-disciplinary team is based at New Park House in Horsham, situated in front of Horsham Park and within walking distance of the town centre shops and cafes. Horsham is within easy reach of Brighton.