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Band 3 Peer Support Worker [part time and full time hours available]:
An exciting opportunity has developed for a band 3 Peer Support Worker to join our inpatient, Acute and Urgent Care Directorate.
The role of the Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and who has experience of effectively utilising their recovery journey within mental health settings, in a Peer Support Worker capacity.
The Peer Support Worker will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others, embedding recovery values within the service settings in which they work, alongside other Trust recovery champions. The post holder will act as an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations, co-delivering learning and development sessions to external agencies.
Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path towards recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. As such we would actively seek peers who have lived experience of both the criminal justice system and a health and social care need, e.g. mental health, substance misuse, etc.
The Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to engage with appropriate services, develop an identity outside of the criminal justice system, regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user through their recovery journey, and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey.
Peer Support Workers work as part of the team and work in collaboration with colleagues within the team. Peer Support Workers engage with service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting service users to gain and maintain independence in the community. The Peer Support Worker will assist service users in raising aspirations and developing personal goals, with the aim to be supported and increase further social capital.