Peer Support Worker
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,816.00 to £24,336.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22816.00 - £24336.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP51JF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9246-24-0812 |
Summary
Main Responsibilities To undertake the Care Certificate within the first 12 weeks of employment or have an existing qualification/programme of learning agreed as meeting wholly or partially, the standards of the Care Certificate To work with the MDT in the support of service users accessing the Trust services. To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with Service Users and their Carers. To role-model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, advocacy and hopefulness via the telling of their own recovery story to inspire and incite confidence in peers. To share/teach coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship. To support individuals in identifying their own strengths, personal interests, achievements and meaningful recovery goals. By utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experiences in addition to their own lived experience, PSWs will help individuals develop recovery objectives. To assist service users in being actively involved in creating their own unique recovery action plan as part of the Care Programme Approach. To positively provide and support independent living for Service users in the Community by maintaining knowledge and links with Community resources and actively support service users to access them. To participate in activities and groups with the Service user. To assist and support individuals with Activities of Daily Living and managing their lives on a day-to-day basis alongside their recovery goals. To accompany service users to meetings and appointments as identified as part of their recovery. To support service users in seeking to connect/maintain contact with their families, friends and significant others and in learning how to improve and develop relationships. To maintain a focus on the rights of the service user/carer at all times, and to respect their personal, social, spiritual beliefs and their unique identity. COMMUNICATION To form professional peer-based relationships with service users, communicating with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture. To provide relevant information, written and oral, relating to Service User progress including writing notes on Lorenzo. To develop good working relationships with ward staff and the multidisciplinary team liaising with other agencies as appropriate. To attend and contribute at multidisciplinary team meetings.