About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Peer Trainers to work within the Trust's Positive and safe Training Team. These posts have been created to support the development and delivery of positive and safe training across the Trust. A central requirement of these posts is that the post holders will have direct lived experience of mental health issues and of accessing secondary mental health services. The post holders will work directly within the positive and safe team and will be line managed by the Senior trainer.
The post holders will co-design and deliver face to face training which will enable the Trust to achieve the cultural change required to move toward recovery orientated positive and safe training. The post requires the post holders to travel and work into all trust geographical areas.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
You will work with positive and safe team to design, deliver and evaluate training packages.
Under supervision, and as part of the delivery of training the post holder will utilise their lived experience and examples of recovery-oriented approaches to engage and inform clinicians to support the implementation of more recovery focussed practice.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description Job responsibilities
Working as part of a team and directly alongside professionals, the Peer trainer will support the design and delivery of Positive Approaches training which includes: Values and attitudes: setting the context for managing behaviours that challenge utilising the principles of Recovery, PBS, Harm Minimisation and Trauma Informed Care National agenda on the use of restrictive interventions Principles of person-centred behaviour support Behaviour support plans Talkwell Staff well-being Verbal de-escalation Lone working (personal safety) DebriefThe post holder will utilise their expertise in relation to mental health services.The post is a trust wide role and will require work into all locality areas.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to GCSE level Maths and English or willing to work towards
Experience/Skills/Knowledge Essential
Basic computer skills for Microsoft office application Experience of delivering presentations Own personal experience of using secondary mental health services Experience of sharing own experience and personal recovery journey
Other requirements Essential
Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address Lanchester Road Hospital
Lanchester Road
Durham
DH1 5RD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)