Peer Support Worker - Mental Health Conditions
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Peer Support Worker with lived experience of a mental health condition(s) to join the Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College. If you have experience of using secondary mental health services and feel that you could use your recovery to inspire and promote hope to others, we would like to hear from you. The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College provides peer-led health education to support people to learn self-management skills to live well with their condition and promote recovery. Our Peer Support Workers facilitate a range of both mental and physical health courses and are an integral part of co-producing the content to best meet the needs of our participants. This role will involve the organisation, leading on the delivery of courses, and supporting participants with their learning needs to reach their potential and get the most from attending. This post will be supported through regular supervision within our team line management structure. You will also have access to training to support your professional development. Main duties of the job
This role will be part of the Health and Wellbeing College team. Working under the direction of the college manager, the post holder will facilitate and participate in course design, development and delivery. The individual will safely use their own lived experience in a carefully considered way to enable participants to learn self-management skills of their own, to suit their personal needs and own recovery. The role will require the individual to promote and engage in coproduction, working alongside clinicians, Experts by Experience and health and voluntary sector staff. The individual for this role will require excellent communication skills and will need to work in a compassionate, recovery-focused and person-centred manner. The post holder will communicate effectively with a variety of people, teams and services. This is a permanent position, working three days a week. The role is based at the NHS Training Hub at Invista, but the individual will need to deliver courses in venues across the county. Job responsibilities
To communicate effectively with a variety of people, teams and services to promote Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College as arranged through team meetings and individual supervision. To keep accurate and up to date records, including numbers of attendance and evaluation data, in line with the Health and Wellbeing College's procedures. To use telephone, text and e-mail to communicate effectively with colleagues, venues, participants, GHC teams and services. To provide learning support and guidance to participants in a professional manner by drawing on both clinical guidance and lived experience. To organise learning/course materials, and operate IT equipment e.g. computers, projectors as required. To provide support and guidance in a professional manner as part of the Health and Wellbeing team to Experts by Lived Experience who are supporting our Health and Wellbeing College courses. To actively participate in supervision and to reflect on, and make changes to your own practice as required. To consider suggestions for improving our services alongside senior colleagues, to ensure that the college is meeting the needs of its service users. To teach on courses and facilitate a group. To work in a compassionate, responsive and person-centred manner. To promote and model a trauma-informed care approach. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the Health and Wellbeing College Manager and or Lead Peer Support Worker. Person Specification
Qualifications
Education to GCSE level or equivalent Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues, and training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge, training and experience Experience
Lived experience of mental health condition(s) and use of secondary mental health services. Knowledge and personal experience of self-management interventions, shared decision making and goal setting. Experience of participation in formal or informal group education or settings, including curriculum and lesson planning and delivery of teaching to adult learners. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust £24,071 to £25,674 a year, per annum, pro rata
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Peer Support Worker with lived experience of a mental health condition(s) to join the Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College. If you have experience of using secondary mental health services and feel that you could use your recovery to inspire and promote hope to others, we would like to hear from you. The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College provides peer-led health education to support people to learn self-management skills to live well with their condition and promote recovery. Our Peer Support Workers facilitate a range of both mental and physical health courses and are an integral part of co-producing the content to best meet the needs of our participants. This role will involve the organisation, leading on the delivery of courses, and supporting participants with their learning needs to reach their potential and get the most from attending. This post will be supported through regular supervision within our team line management structure. You will also have access to training to support your professional development. Main duties of the job
This role will be part of the Health and Wellbeing College team. Working under the direction of the college manager, the post holder will facilitate and participate in course design, development and delivery. The individual will safely use their own lived experience in a carefully considered way to enable participants to learn self-management skills of their own, to suit their personal needs and own recovery. The role will require the individual to promote and engage in coproduction, working alongside clinicians, Experts by Experience and health and voluntary sector staff. The individual for this role will require excellent communication skills and will need to work in a compassionate, recovery-focused and person-centred manner. The post holder will communicate effectively with a variety of people, teams and services. This is a permanent position, working three days a week. The role is based at the NHS Training Hub at Invista, but the individual will need to deliver courses in venues across the county. Job responsibilities
To communicate effectively with a variety of people, teams and services to promote Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College as arranged through team meetings and individual supervision. To keep accurate and up to date records, including numbers of attendance and evaluation data, in line with the Health and Wellbeing College's procedures. To use telephone, text and e-mail to communicate effectively with colleagues, venues, participants, GHC teams and services. To provide learning support and guidance to participants in a professional manner by drawing on both clinical guidance and lived experience. To organise learning/course materials, and operate IT equipment e.g. computers, projectors as required. To provide support and guidance in a professional manner as part of the Health and Wellbeing team to Experts by Lived Experience who are supporting our Health and Wellbeing College courses. To actively participate in supervision and to reflect on, and make changes to your own practice as required. To consider suggestions for improving our services alongside senior colleagues, to ensure that the college is meeting the needs of its service users. To teach on courses and facilitate a group. To work in a compassionate, responsive and person-centred manner. To promote and model a trauma-informed care approach. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the Health and Wellbeing College Manager and or Lead Peer Support Worker. Person Specification
Qualifications
Education to GCSE level or equivalent Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues, and training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge, training and experience Experience
Lived experience of mental health condition(s) and use of secondary mental health services. Knowledge and personal experience of self-management interventions, shared decision making and goal setting. Experience of participation in formal or informal group education or settings, including curriculum and lesson planning and delivery of teaching to adult learners. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust £24,071 to £25,674 a year, per annum, pro rata
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