Job summary
The Mental Health division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust comprises of three directorates; Adult Mental Health, Mental Health Services for Older People and Specialist Services. More than 2,800 dedicated staff provide vital and integral healthcare services for our patients in a variety of settings, ranging from community through to acute wards, covering a vast geographical area.
We're investing heavily in our staff, facilities and patient care. As we move into this new chapter, we need a strong, motivated and compassionate workforce to reflect our core values of Honesty, Compassion, Trust, Respect and Teamwork. There has never been a better time to join our growing team.
We have exciting opportunities across different specialities and services, with an emphasis on career development and progression. We want to help our staff reach their full potential, and are committed to providing the support, skills and development needed to succeed.
Main duties of the job
Nottinghamshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Service are part of the Children, Young People and Families Care Group and co-located on the Hopewood site with Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. We are a Nationally Accredited Service with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We provide assessment and treatment to women with a range of mental health needs related to the perinatal period.
Alongside the traditional Perinatal Team, there is an additional Specialist Service offering Psychological Treatment to birthing people that are experiencing PTSD related to a perinatal trauma or bereavement. The peer support worker role is a crucial addition to new the multi-disciplinary team offering this service.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role sits within the Multi-Disciplinary Team and will be involved in on going service development. In your capacity as a Peer Support Worker you will have lived experience of trauma or bereavement associated with pregnancy or childbirth.
Please note, the post holder can expect to hear stories of perinatal bereavement and trauma. For this reason, we would expect this post to be suitable for someone that is able to listen to these stories without it feeling retraumatising. There is extensive support and supervision within the clinical team around the post-holder.
In this role, we would expect that you will offer 1:1 or group support to women and families that have also experienced perinatal loss or trauma. This will be supported within the MDT and with allied organisations.
Patient involvement is also key to the development of the service and there will be a requirement for the applicant to collect patient feedback forms and organise and run the bimonthly online Patient Involvement Group.
It is important that you feel able to cope with the highly sensitive and emotional stories that accompany this work. We will however provide strong support and supervision structures to enable this work.
Please note, the lived experience is an essential aspect of this role and we cannot accept applicants where this is not apparent.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Key roles;
To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using perinatal mental health services.
To help people identify their personal goals
To support women and families using home visits using active listening skills and signposting/accompanying to community resources.
To build and sustain relationships with third sector organisations with the support of the wider MDT.
To offer relationships built upon acceptance, empathy and trust both to women and to their wider family networks
To draw on personal experiences and range of coping, self-help and self-management skills
To model personal responsibility, self awareness, self belief, self advocacy and hopefulness
To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making
To raise awareness of recovery among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work
To support the team in promoting a trauma informed approach to recovery
Be actively involved in the continued development of the PSW training programme and in the ongoing
To abide by the PSW Code of Conduct, so that the central focus of work, inspiring recovery, is not compromised in any way
To act as an ambassador for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role sits within the Multi-Disciplinary Team and will be involved in on going service development. In your capacity as a Peer Support Worker you will have lived experience of trauma or bereavement associated with pregnancy or childbirth.
Please note, the post holder can expect to hear stories of perinatal bereavement and trauma. For this reason, we would expect this post to be suitable for someone that is able to listen to these stories without it feeling retraumatising. There is extensive support and supervision within the clinical team around the post-holder.
In this role, we would expect that you will offer 1:1 or group support to women and families that have also experienced perinatal loss or trauma. This will be supported within the MDT and with allied organisations.
Patient involvement is also key to the development of the service and there will be a requirement for the applicant to collect patient feedback forms and organise and run the bimonthly online Patient Involvement Group.
It is important that you feel able to cope with the highly sensitive and emotional stories that accompany this work. We will however provide strong support and supervision structures to enable this work.
Please note, the lived experience is an essential aspect of this role and we cannot accept applicants where this is not apparent.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Key roles;
To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using perinatal mental health services.
To help people identify their personal goals
To support women and families using home visits using active listening skills and signposting/accompanying to community resources.
To build and sustain relationships with third sector organisations with the support of the wider MDT.
To offer relationships built upon acceptance, empathy and trust both to women and to their wider family networks
To draw on personal experiences and range of coping, self-help and self-management skills
To model personal responsibility, self awareness, self belief, self advocacy and hopefulness
To sign-post to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making
To raise awareness of recovery among Trust staff by modelling positive, strengths based, non-discriminatory, non-jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work
To support the team in promoting a trauma informed approach to recovery
Be actively involved in the continued development of the PSW training programme and in the ongoing
To abide by the PSW Code of Conduct, so that the central focus of work, inspiring recovery, is not compromised in any way
To act as an ambassador for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of perinatal loss or trauma - please note if you do not indicate this, you will not be shortlisted for interview
- Experience of accessing support services
- Experience of being in a support and enabling role
Desirable
- Experience of working in the public sector
- 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
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to use the Trust IT systems
- Able to relate to a wide range of people
- Professional in appearance and behaviour
- Able to manage conflict and to help others to do so
- Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
- High level of self-awareness - ability to critically appraise own performance
- Ability to demonstrate critical thinking Good team-working skills
- Ability to include wider support networks in care while maintaining confidentiality
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Ability to assist people to identify early warning signs and triggers
- Ability and willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Willingness to support people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Ability to carry out practical tasks
Desirable
- Computer literate in Microsoft office
- Presentation skills
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Range of life experiences
- Good team worker
- Ability to use initiative
- Reliable
- Flexible
- Resourceful
- Good organisational skills including time management.
- Supportive to other colleagues
- Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgmental, respectful and
- compassionate attitude
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Qualifications
Essential
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3/AS Level or equivalent
- Mental Health related qualification
Desirable
- Completion or willingness to complete the Accredited Peer Support Worker Training
- Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of perinatal loss or trauma - please note if you do not indicate this, you will not be shortlisted for interview
- Experience of accessing support services
- Experience of being in a support and enabling role
Desirable
- Experience of working in the public sector
- 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
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to use the Trust IT systems
- Able to relate to a wide range of people
- Professional in appearance and behaviour
- Able to manage conflict and to help others to do so
- Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
- High level of self-awareness - ability to critically appraise own performance
- Ability to demonstrate critical thinking Good team-working skills
- Ability to include wider support networks in care while maintaining confidentiality
- Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
- Ability to assist people to identify early warning signs and triggers
- Ability and willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way
- Willingness to support people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Ability to carry out practical tasks
Desirable
- Computer literate in Microsoft office
- Presentation skills
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Range of life experiences
- Good team worker
- Ability to use initiative
- Reliable
- Flexible
- Resourceful
- Good organisational skills including time management.
- Supportive to other colleagues
- Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgmental, respectful and
- compassionate attitude
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Qualifications
Essential
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3/AS Level or equivalent
- Mental Health related qualification
Desirable
- Completion or willingness to complete the Accredited Peer Support Worker Training
- Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
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.
