About this role
Job summary
Senior Peer Support Worker (Various locations across Newham)
We are recruiting for Senior Peer Support Worker to work across our Newham mental health services. This includes opportunities to work across our community teams and inpatient services.
This role is specifically for someone with significant experience of working as a Peer support worker, within ELFT and be familiar with Newham.
It is essential to have lived experience of using mental health services as well as completion of the ELFT Peer support worker training. Please note you will NOT be shortlisted without meeting these requirements.
The role of Senior Peer Support Worker will primarily be a face-to-face role, with the need to work in the community and inpatient unit. The main focus of the work will be to support service users in their recovery journey, drawing on your lived experience. There is also a key expectation to co-facilitate groups and take on extra responsibilities relevant to the setting. This may include providing increased support on discharge and supporting the best use of our Peer support resource.
This is open for new applications only, applicants will be shortlisted only if completed the ELFT Peer Support training and they have personal lived experience of mental health conditions.
Main duties of the job
You must be able to use your personal recovery journey to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in the people you are supporting. You should be an effective communicator and be able to work proactively, as part of the local teams and also as part of the wider teams supporting your peers. To work as an integral and highly valued member of the relevant teams to inspire hope and recovery through sharing lived experience.
- To support staff new to Peer support worker role
- To co-facilitate meaningful groups.
- To take on additional responsibilities relevant to the setting e.g. supporting with referrals screening, team huddles, teaching and training.
(Please see JD for full outline of role.)
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training Essential
oELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker Training or equivalent. oA willingness to undertake further training and/or qualifications oCommitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training
Desirable
oNVQ3 in health and social care or equivalent experience
Experience Essential
oSignificant experience of working as a Peer oOwn personal lived experience of mental health
Desirable
oAwareness of local services and community organisations oAbility to demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues. oKnowledge of benefits/employment systems. oAbility to speak other languages . oExperience of delivering training.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
oA sound knowledge of good practice in Peer Support Work oAbility to use Email, Word processing packages oCultural awareness including awareness of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health oCommitment to Trust Equality and Diversity policies and Trust values
Desirable
oAbility to co-produce new information resources to promote emerging projects. oTo demonstrate a knowledge of conducting audits, survey's and consultations. oAble to demonstrate understanding of Intentional Peer Support. oDemonstrate knowledge of personal Recovery To demonstrate broad understanding of the principles of recovery oEvidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers. oExcellent verbal and written communication skills. oAbility to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust. oAbility to appreciate / understand other people's worlds. oWillingness to take initiative and speaking Truth to Power oAbility to recognise and appropriately challenge stigma and discrimination. oAbility to demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues. oAwareness of local services. oKnowledge of benefits/employment systems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Various community and/or inpatient settings across Newham
Shrewsbury Road, Balaam Street and Newham centre for Mental health
East Ham and Plaistow
E7 8QR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)