RECONNECT Peer Support Worker
Leicestershire Partnership NHS TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job summary
Main duties of the job
To work with and develop supportive relationships with service users. To use own lived experience to guide and support others who are in a similar situation to make positive changes within their recovery journey and support engagement with support services To share own recovery story to provide hope, self belief and self awareness and inspire and instil confidence in peers.
Promote and facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities and with partner agencies. Support service users to identify and overcome fears within a relationship of empathy and trust. Work with key stakeholders involved with supporting the service user.
Job responsibilities
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.