Carer Peer Support Worker - Personality Disorder Pathway
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum (pro rata for part-time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 6LB |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6213605/186-526-24-MH |
Summary
A Vacancy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you have experience of being a carer for a loved one with complex emotional needs, often associated with a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’?
If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for aCarer Peer Support Worker to work in ‘personality disorder’ services at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who will be able to share wisdom, from their own experiences, to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.
The role will involve working collaboratively with other professionals, to assist in improving the wellbeing of the families that use ‘personality disorder’ services. This will be achieved by supporting carers directly, by sharing experiences and engaging in practical activities to enable them to feel in control of their lives. The role will also involve providing support to carers' groups and developing and maintaining relationships with several Local Mental Health Teams throughout the Nottinghamshire area.
This job can be emotionally challenging at times, but the successful applicant will receive support, guidance and training from colleagues within the ‘personality disorder’ team and the wider organisation.
To establish supportive relationships with carers and people using mental health services based on the core principles of peer support (mutuality, reciprocity, strengths-focused, safe, progressive, non-directive, recovery-focused and inclusive)
To share personal experiences of caring, recovery and coping to build connection and inform support
To use active listening skills to help people develop self-understanding and identify their personal recovery goals
To support others in achieving goals that they have identified for themselves, including signposting to other organisations and opportunities
To role model recovery, personal responsibility and self-awareness
To raise awareness of recovery language among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work
To embrace every opportunity to work with people in a recovery focused way, supporting the community team by undertaking duties that would be a reasonable expectation of the role
To maintain strengths focused clinical records
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
The Personality Disorder Pathway Hub is a new and exciting team covering the whole of Nottingham City and County. We work alongside our Local Mental Health Team colleagues to provide support and structured Psychological Therapies to clients who have a diagnosis of or may suffer with challenges associated with Personality Disorder and complex emotional needs.
Our team will also support with clients on in-patient wards to think about how to engage them in treatment and support a safe and successful transition back into the community.
The role of Carer Peer Support worker has been developed specifically for people who have supported a friend or loved one who is experiencing mental distress. Carer Peer Support Workers use their experiences of caring to offer empathy, hope and understanding to others. In this role, the Carer Peer Support worker will offer peer support alongside practical assistance to enable people to feel in control of their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of mutuality and shared experience, they will promote choice, self determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles and connection to local communities.
The Carer Peer Support Worker will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. Peer workers will also be expected to invest in their own personal and professional development as well as supporting ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust.
Please note this post does not meet skill level required for a Skilled worker visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker visa will usually need to be in a role which is at Band 3 or above, however please note not all Band 3 roles are capable of sponsorship. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining Sponsorship against the relevant skill and pay criteria here Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024
Do you have experience of being a carer for a loved one with complex emotional needs, often associated with a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’?
If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for aCarer Peer Support Worker to work in ‘personality disorder’ services at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who will be able to share wisdom, from their own experiences, to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.
The role will involve working collaboratively with other professionals, to assist in improving the wellbeing of the families that use ‘personality disorder’ services. This will be achieved by supporting carers directly, by sharing experiences and engaging in practical activities to enable them to feel in control of their lives. The role will also involve providing support to carers' groups and developing and maintaining relationships with several Local Mental Health Teams throughout the Nottinghamshire area.
This job can be emotionally challenging at times, but the successful applicant will receive support, guidance and training from colleagues within the ‘personality disorder’ team and the wider organisation.
To establish supportive relationships with carers and people using mental health services based on the core principles of peer support (mutuality, reciprocity, strengths-focused, safe, progressive, non-directive, recovery-focused and inclusive)
To share personal experiences of caring, recovery and coping to build connection and inform support
To use active listening skills to help people develop self-understanding and identify their personal recovery goals
To support others in achieving goals that they have identified for themselves, including signposting to other organisations and opportunities
To role model recovery, personal responsibility and self-awareness
To raise awareness of recovery language among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work
To embrace every opportunity to work with people in a recovery focused way, supporting the community team by undertaking duties that would be a reasonable expectation of the role
To maintain strengths focused clinical records
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
The Personality Disorder Pathway Hub is a new and exciting team covering the whole of Nottingham City and County. We work alongside our Local Mental Health Team colleagues to provide support and structured Psychological Therapies to clients who have a diagnosis of or may suffer with challenges associated with Personality Disorder and complex emotional needs.
Our team will also support with clients on in-patient wards to think about how to engage them in treatment and support a safe and successful transition back into the community.
The role of Carer Peer Support worker has been developed specifically for people who have supported a friend or loved one who is experiencing mental distress. Carer Peer Support Workers use their experiences of caring to offer empathy, hope and understanding to others. In this role, the Carer Peer Support worker will offer peer support alongside practical assistance to enable people to feel in control of their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of mutuality and shared experience, they will promote choice, self determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles and connection to local communities.
The Carer Peer Support Worker will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. Peer workers will also be expected to invest in their own personal and professional development as well as supporting ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust.
Please note this post does not meet skill level required for a Skilled worker visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker visa will usually need to be in a role which is at Band 3 or above, however please note not all Band 3 roles are capable of sponsorship. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining Sponsorship against the relevant skill and pay criteria here Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024
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