Peer Support Worker - Apprenticeship

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The Peer Support worker will work alongside the wider multidisciplinary Team in delivering high quality care and support to service users in the community. This will include:

Providing support and guidance to service users

Share lived experience and promote the service user voice

Support identified interventions individual and group

Be a positive role model, help inspire and motivate service users in their recovery

Practical and emotional support to service users

Help to reduce challenges and fears for service users

Promote recovery and positive futures

Bring your personal experience and knowledge into the Team

Support service development, involvement and collaboration

Attend allocated meetings

Access supervision and support from the peer support network, adopt a reflective approach

Complete identified studies relating to the peer support worker role

Report to the clinical team and line manager.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements (salary threshold or occupational requirements) set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, unfortunately we are unable to sponsor anyone on a visa for this role at this moment in time.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.