Peer Support Worker

Job overview

Due to internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity within Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for a person with lived experience of Mental Health conditions to use their experience to support others as a Peer Support Worker within the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Team, who support service users in the community with their employment goals.

You will provide support to individuals within the service by role modelling and using your lived experience to support service users in their recovery and employment journey.

Service users will be seen mainly in defined localities within Lincolnshire but cover for other geographical areas covered by the Trust may be required if the need arises.

Main duties of the job

To act as a role model to service users and their carers to inspire hope that recovery is possible.

To share life experiences and lessons learnt as a person in recovery.

To share your own and other examples of lived experience of recovery.

To support service users to identify and access meaningful activities in the community

To empower service users to create a supportive network.

To use a number of agreed recovery tools e.g. SMART goals in a flexible way to support the service user.

To support the service user to communicate or involve mental health professionals and wider support network.

To promote service user involvement in all aspects of their work.

To use peer experience to co-facilitate groups and training to service users and/or staff members

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.