Job summary
- Main area
- Peer Support Worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-755-24-FS
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westminster House
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Peer Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for an innovative and motivated Peer Support Worker to work in the Liaison and Diversion Service across which covers the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County. The successful applicant will have lived experience of the criminal justice system and will be offered support in developing self/role via the Trust’s Peer Support Development Unit.
The L&D Service aims to improve the access to and engagement with services people coming into contact with the criminal justice system (court, police custody etc.). Whilst not a service which provides clinical interventions, the L&D Service offers liaison, advocacy, signposting and support to those coming into contact with the criminal justice system to support engagement in community- based health and support services. This approach aims to support the wellbeing of people being arrested to reduce inequalities and address health-related drivers of offending behaviours.
If you would like a challenge and the opportunity to be an inclusive, creative practitioner, this job may be for you.
Main duties of the job
This role works with people from their very early contact with criminal justice agencies, potentially through tot heir final court hearing and so earl engagement/intervention is likely to support the best outcomes for service users. Engagement with peer support workers aims to add additional opportunities for engagement with the service, within the community and helping to break the cycle of offending. The value of lived experience in supporting this population of people is understood as an integral part of this service and huge value this adds to the support offered.
As a Peer Support Worker you will use your experiences to offer understanding, support in linking with appropriate services/agencies, promote choice and to inspire hope and future opportunities. The role will include, offering support to carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community by enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well-being needs, in line with support plans and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. All work will be carried out under the supervision of the Team Manager/L&D Practitioners.
As a Peer Support Worker, you will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. You will be supported, and are expected, to invest in your own personal and professional development as well as supporting ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The L&D service has 2 Peer Support Worker posts in the team currently. Your lived experience of the criminal justice services will be a significant part of your work, using your experiences to offer understanding, support in linking with appropriate services/agencies, promote choice and to inspire hope and future opportunities. This is all the more important for this population of service users who often have additional barriers to accessing mainstream services and experiences of stigma.
Screening/team held caseload - To support the team’s screening process for all referrals into the service. To support the team’s assessment of individuals and develop a plan of support in conjunction with the service user and the wider L&D Team, using lived experience as a way to support engagement.
Active engagement - Be actively involved in the assertive follow up of individuals with a range of vulnerabilities. Working with L&D Practitioners and criminal agency staff, social care, health and voluntary, charitable agencies.
Caseload - To work with team-held caseload of service users with a range of complex vulnerabilities and to ensure support plans are formulated acted upon and reviewed. To support service user engagement, the post holder will be expected to be involved in the development of collaborative support packages/support plans. They will be expected to implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective support plans in collaboration with the patient’s diverse needs, their carers and other professionals.
Develop good working relationships - To effectively liaise and develop links with services within the prison setting and, in the community, to establish effective through care and after care pathways.
Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities. The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likeilood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Person specification
Knowledge & training
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of being through the criminal justice system, and/or use of mental health/drug and alcohol services
- Peer mentor / Peer support training/qualification
- Experience and understanding of working in team setting, liaising with colleagues, other agencies and services.
- Experience of support/caring for others
Desirable criteria
- have a basic understanding of the purpose and role of the L&D service
- Experience of working in/alongside the Criminal Justice System
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skill in sharing personal experiences in a supportive, emotionally safe way
- Ability to manage and seek support for own wellbeing
- Demonstrates skill to work in an enabling and creative way and skill/ability to motivate others
- Understanding, and experience of, the importance of maintaining boundaries in the workplace
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dominic Lloyd
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9529400
- Additional information
Louisa Hagan - Service Manager
0115 9529400
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