Band 3 Peer Support Worker- Domestic Abuse

Job overview

The role of a Peer Support Worker (PSW) Domestic Abuse has been developed specifically for people who have their own lived experience of the challenges faced because of domestic abuse. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, peer support workers will inspire hope and belief that life outside of these experiences, is possible in others. They make a positive contribution to the lives of others by using their lived experience.

This advert is for Female applicants only, by proceeding, you are confirming that you are female.

Main duties of the job

The PSW will take a lead role in embedding peer support values within a designated clinical pathway, alongside other Trust recovery and Domestic Abuse champions, and act as an ambassador of Peer Support for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Peer Support Worker (PSW) will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users based on their own unique mental health goals.

Through careful sharing of the wisdom from their own lived experience, the PSW will inspire hope and belief that these goals are possible, whilst recognising that each individual’s recovery is a distinctive and deeply personal process.  Within a relationship of mutuality, PSWs work with service users to help recognise their strengths, and  identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose. They facilitate and support information sharing to promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles and connection themselves and to local communities.

As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, the PSW will carry out duties aligned to our peer support core competencies framework and will work alongside service users on a 1:1 and/ or group basis. There will be opportunities for innovation and ongoing development as the post gets established.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Please note: Applicants are expected to complete their application independently. We ask that you do not use AI tools (such as ChatGPT or similar) to draft or complete any part of your application. This ensures we are assessing your own experience, suitability, and communication style fairly and accurately, in line with our recruitment principles.

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We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.