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Peer Support Worker | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2024 |
| Location: | Southall, UB2 4SD |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6582232/222-LS-AMHS-277 |
Summary
The Transition Peer Worker plays a crucial role within the AMHS service, supporting patients in both hospital and community settings with their lived experience of mental illness. This role is dedicated to providing recovery-focused peer support to empower individuals following discharge from acute mental health admissions.
Based on the principle of peer support, Transition Peer Workers leverage their personal experiences of overcoming mental health challenges to illuminate and empathise with the struggles of mental illness. They work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, serving as role models to foster autonomy and ownership in service users' lives post-discharge.
In addition to advocating for recovery within the Transition Team and with partner agencies, Transition Peer Workers prioritize patients identified by senior team members for ongoing support. Through peer support interventions grounded in empathy, transparency, and hope, they enable service users to lead fulfilling lives. By encouraging the utilization of available resources and sharing personal experiences, Transition Peer Workers build trusting relationships that promote meaningful activities and empower service users' choices and self-determination.
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West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Admission Stage
• Collaborate with the Acute Social Care Team to identify patients at high risk of readmission, utilising personal lived experiences to understand and address their needs.
• Establish effective communication with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), patients, and community teams to facilitate comprehensive assessment and screening of patient needs.
Assist in developing individualised discharge plans for high-risk patients, focusing on smooth transitions and continuity of care
This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Sep 2024