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Peer Support Worker
Band 3
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Trosolwg o'r swydd
As part of community mental health transformation we are seeking to develop the community rehabilitation pathway across Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust with a particular focus on individuals with treatment resistant psychosis and frequent admissions or long stays in inpatient units locally, and out of county, as well as individuals with 24 hour support whose placements are at risk of breaking down.
This newly established team will seek to build links between internal services, VCSE (voluntary, community or social enterprise) organisations and existing/new care providers to ensure a multi-agency, collaborative and recovery-oriented approach to complex rehabilitation. This will include creating a shared ethos and goals and a sense of hope and optimism to deliver individualised and person-centred care to promote independence and integration within the local community.
This is a fixed term post until 31st March 2025.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:
- To communicate with a variety of people on a range of matters and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust’s policies and procedures.
- To act as a specialist resource within the service, by offering a unique perspective to service users. To act as an expert on recovery resources.
- To share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals.
- To co-facilitate group therapy, support and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
- To promote opportunities for people with lived experience to raise awareness and promote understanding.
- Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
- Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
- Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
- To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
- To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations and external agencies.
- Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, help lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues.
- Training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of experience, knowledge or training.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Previous experience of delivering peer mentoring services
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- The post holder must have lived experience of moderate to severe mental health difficulties in recent years.
- Proven experience of unsupervised working practices.
- Experience in information analysis and provision of statistical reports. Experience of development of services.
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way. Willingness too support people needs in recovery goals.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
- Experience of maintaining a comprehensive records.
- Experience of providing teaching or mentoring to adults.
- Experience of co-facilitating any group therapy.
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Claudia Hamlen
- Teitl y swydd
- Operational Manager Community Mental Health
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07815 025064
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Please contact via email if you have any questions regarding the role.
Rhestr swyddi gyda Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a bydwreigiaeth neu bob sector