Senior Peer Facilitator: Band 4 - 0.5 WTE
This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship.
Do you have experience of using mental health services? Would you like to use these experiences to support other people and their families receiving these services?
Can you inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible - empowering our service users to achieve their hopes, dreams and goals?
Are you are willing to share your own experiences with others, if so we are looking to recruit Senior Peer Facilitator with lived experience of using mental health services to join our Early Intervention Service. The role of the Senior Peer Facilitator has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and experience of personally accessing inpatient mental health services or secondary care community mental health services. Senior Peer Facilitators will have experience of providing peer support to mental health service users.
This important role will help us to develop a supportive peer network across the Early Intervention service locality by enhancing the recruitment, training and mentorship of Peer Facilitators. You will play a key role in developing Trust wide understanding of the role of Peers in achieving excellent person centred care, as well as promoting recovery principles and education..
If you have experience of working as a peer and are looking to develop your skills further whilst championing the importance of lived experience, we would love to receive an application from you to join our innovative Early Intervention service.
Provide visible leadership and support to peer facilitators and wider teams in relation to the design and delivery of peer workforce agenda.
Support colleagues in the recruitment, training and supervision of peer facilitators.
Support the co-production and co-delivery of health, wellbeing and social opportunities that promote personal recovery.
To support the development of standards and networks for peer workforce roles throughout LSCFT.
To work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure inclusive access to recovery focussed opportunities that empower our service users to gain control and hope of their health and wellbeing.
Support the development of the Library of Lived Experience to engage staff and service users whilst championing the innovative power of learning from lived experience.
Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
Discuss issues which may be multi-stranded and delicate.
Will be required to overcome barriers to understanding when dealing with service users with complex mental health needs
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information. Discuss issues which may be multi-stranded and delicate.
Will be required to overcome barriers to understanding when dealing with service users with complex mental health needs.
To work in close collaboration with the clinical team, service users, colleagues and other professionals, ensuring good clear lines of communication, both written and verbal, are adhered to.
Contribute to care/recovery plans for individual service users.
Assist service users to identify and set goals to enable recovery.
Assisting staff in identifying alternative ways of working that are conducive to recovery, lending their unique insight into mental illness and what makes recovery possible.
Establishing supportive relationships with service users, enabling them to maximise their own resources to improve their quality of life.
Communicate effectively with patients, carers, visitors, colleagues, third sector organisations and other professionals
Promote awareness and understanding of the role.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
