Recovery Champion: Peer Support Worker

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Havant; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Peer Support Worker to support adults within Community Mental Health Teams. You will use lived experience to foster hope, resilience, and recovery while collaborating with clinicians to help service users achieve personal goals.

The post emphasizes recovery-focused, person-centred care and flexible working discussions; rights to work in the UK apply.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of mental health distress.
• Personal experience of accessing primary or secondary mental health services.
• Basic understanding of Peer Support.
• Ability to support others in a recovery orientated way.
• Good motivational techniques and abilities.
• Clear effective planning and decision-making skills.
• Understanding of how lived experience can support others.
• Understanding of recovery and related principles.
• Awareness of issues and concerns for service users.
• Ability to maintain the profile of the peer support service in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrates the ability to role model, empower and enable others.
• Good organisational skills and time management.
• Ability to handle highly complex and sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to use information and communication technology (computer literacy).

Responsibilities

• Provide empathy and understanding to others, inspiring hope and belief that recovery is possible.
• Offer empathetic support alongside practical assistance to empower people to feel in control of their lives.
• Promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for socially valued roles and connection to local communities.
• Act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador for recovery for the Trust.
• Support continued personal and professional development and involvement in development of peer roles within the Trust.

Skills

Level 4 Peer Support training

Further related training

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Peer Support Worker to support adults within Community Mental Health Teams. You will use lived experience to foster hope, resilience, and recovery while collaborating with clinicians to help service users achieve personal goals.

The post emphasizes recovery-focused, person-centred care and flexible working discussions; rights to work in the UK apply.