Job summary
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 a Carer Peer Support Workerto 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.
Main duties of the job
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 supportTo use active listening skills to help people develop self-understanding and identify their personal recovery goalsTo support others in achieving goals that they have identified for themselves, including signposting to other organisations and opportunitiesTo role model recovery, personal responsibility and self-awarenessTo raise awareness of recovery language among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of workTo 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 roleTo maintain strengths focused clinical records
About us
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 meetskilllevel 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 relevantskill and paycriteria hereImmigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 meetskilllevel 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 relevantskill and paycriteria hereImmigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ /AS Level or equivalent
- Mental Health related qualification i.e. Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of supporting others through mental distress and recovery
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental distress and recovery
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others
- Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques
- Experience of working across different organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use personal experiences to support others and demonstrate empathy
- Active listening skills
- Ability to reflect on experiences and working practice personally and in group settings
- Awareness of and ability to use written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Willingness to use the Trust IT systems
- Able to build inclusive relationships with a wide range of people
- Approachable appearance and behaviour
- Able to create a safe environment and use techniques to reduce anxiety and understand conflict
- Ability to maintain a home/work life balance which feels healthy
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way, where the person is the expert in their own wellbeing
- Willingness to support people in ways which they choose to meet their recovery goals
- Ability to carry out practical tasks
Training
Essential
- Completion of, or willingness to complete Peer Support Worker Training
- Completion of own wellness plan (there is no expectation for this to be shared)
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of peer support and carer peer support and the strategic development of the personality disorder hub/ and to support the delivery of the Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) Awareness Training/ and to support the delivery of certain training packages provided by the PD Hub to people working with those affected by personality difficulties.
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the core principles or values of peer support
- Personal understanding of how to manage stress and when to access support
Desirable
- Knowledge of community resources
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Must be able to travel to a range of locations by own or by public transport
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Positive and recovery focussed attitude to supporting others and working within teams
- Range of life experiences including of being a carer
- Ability to use initiative
- Reliable
- Able to work in a flexible way
- Resourceful and creative
- Good organisational skills including time management
- Supportive to other colleagues
- Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgmental, respectful and compassionate attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ /AS Level or equivalent
- Mental Health related qualification i.e. Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of supporting others through mental distress and recovery
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental distress and recovery
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others
- Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques
- Experience of working across different organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use personal experiences to support others and demonstrate empathy
- Active listening skills
- Ability to reflect on experiences and working practice personally and in group settings
- Awareness of and ability to use written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Willingness to use the Trust IT systems
- Able to build inclusive relationships with a wide range of people
- Approachable appearance and behaviour
- Able to create a safe environment and use techniques to reduce anxiety and understand conflict
- Ability to maintain a home/work life balance which feels healthy
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way, where the person is the expert in their own wellbeing
- Willingness to support people in ways which they choose to meet their recovery goals
- Ability to carry out practical tasks
Training
Essential
- Completion of, or willingness to complete Peer Support Worker Training
- Completion of own wellness plan (there is no expectation for this to be shared)
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of peer support and carer peer support and the strategic development of the personality disorder hub/ and to support the delivery of the Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) Awareness Training/ and to support the delivery of certain training packages provided by the PD Hub to people working with those affected by personality difficulties.
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the core principles or values of peer support
- Personal understanding of how to manage stress and when to access support
Desirable
- Knowledge of community resources
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Must be able to travel to a range of locations by own or by public transport
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Positive and recovery focussed attitude to supporting others and working within teams
- Range of life experiences including of being a carer
- Ability to use initiative
- Reliable
- Able to work in a flexible way
- Resourceful and creative
- Good organisational skills including time management
- Supportive to other colleagues
- Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgmental, respectful and compassionate attitude
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
