Job summary
The East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is an enhanced multidisciplinary service providing care, treatment and support for service users in the process of and following discharge from the Forensic inpatient services in the boroughs of Hackney and Newham. This model of service is now being expanded to other ELFT (Tower Hamlets) and NELFT (Redbridge, Waltham forest, Havering and Barking & Dagenham) boroughs covered by ELCFS.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two carer to carer peer support workers to work in our service for 1 day a week (7.5hrs).
The successful candidate will use their direct, personal, lived experience of using mental health services as a carer to work collaboratively with the clinical team to support identified carers
The successful candidate will work as integral and highly valued member of the Multi disciplinary team to facilitate and lead on carer-centres activities, which inspire hope and opportunities for carers. In addition, you would work collaboratively with carers to provide education and support as their loved ones make the critical transition from hospital into the community.
The successful candidate will be providing service to one or more of the NELFT or ELFT localities covered by ELCFS.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Banza Mulumba, Service Manager
Banza.mulumba@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is multidisciplinary service providing care, treatment and support for service users in the process of and following discharge from the Forensic inpatient services in the boroughs of Hackney and Newham. This model of service is now being expanded to other ELFT and NELFT boroughs covered by ELCFS.
The overarching aims of the ELCFS are 1. to provide INREACH support to help service users move safely towards discharge and so reduce length of stay in secure care, and 2. to provide enhanced support in the community and so promote sustained recovery and quality of life in the community, reducing recalls to hospital. There are a number of components to the service model that the team strive to address with service users, these include: developing skills and competencies, supporting service users in accommodation, accessing education and employment, managing substance misuse, access to psychological and recovery focused therapies, working with carers, access to peer mentorship, and the development of care pathways and system relationships.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Formal ELFT Peer support training or commitment to undertaking this.
Desirable
- Certificate or qualification in peer support work
Experience
Essential
- Post holder must have completed or be willing to commit to peer support training either with ELFT/enrich or other.
- Post holders must have direct, personal, lived experience of using mental health services as a carer.
Desirable
- Working in a small team.
- Supporting individuals to resolve their own problems.
- Working within a referral system (desirable).
- Working with a range of disadvantaged groups e.g. disabled people, BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- An ability to deal with information in a confidential manner and respond with sensitivity to the opinions of others.
- Commitment to equal opportunities and confidentiality.
Desirable
- Have some knowledge about forensic services (low and medium secure) and client base.
- Commitment to involving carers in their loved ones' recovery.
- Sound understanding of peer support work and its role in recovery.
- Be able to work in a small team.
- Be emphatic to needs of individuals.
- Excellent active listening skills and ability to ask open questions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Clear understanding of how to manage boundaries.
- Flexible and accommodating to needs of service users.
- Ability to support peers to identify what's important to them.
- Work with a diverse range of service users.
- Imaginative, determined, committed and solution-focused.
- Working under pressure.
- Enabling carers to make their own choices and decisions without offering advice.
- Good organisational skills e.g. diary management, managing appointments with service users
- IT skills e.g. Microsoft Office.
Phsycial Effort
Essential
- Travelling within community.
Mental Effort
Essential
- Writing reports, planning teaching, health promotion activities, co-facilitation of groups.
Working conditions
Essential
- Travel in community all weathers, occasional working within community and office environments, attending and contributing to meetings and supervision.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Formal ELFT Peer support training or commitment to undertaking this.
Desirable
- Certificate or qualification in peer support work
Experience
Essential
- Post holder must have completed or be willing to commit to peer support training either with ELFT/enrich or other.
- Post holders must have direct, personal, lived experience of using mental health services as a carer.
Desirable
- Working in a small team.
- Supporting individuals to resolve their own problems.
- Working within a referral system (desirable).
- Working with a range of disadvantaged groups e.g. disabled people, BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- An ability to deal with information in a confidential manner and respond with sensitivity to the opinions of others.
- Commitment to equal opportunities and confidentiality.
Desirable
- Have some knowledge about forensic services (low and medium secure) and client base.
- Commitment to involving carers in their loved ones' recovery.
- Sound understanding of peer support work and its role in recovery.
- Be able to work in a small team.
- Be emphatic to needs of individuals.
- Excellent active listening skills and ability to ask open questions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Clear understanding of how to manage boundaries.
- Flexible and accommodating to needs of service users.
- Ability to support peers to identify what's important to them.
- Work with a diverse range of service users.
- Imaginative, determined, committed and solution-focused.
- Working under pressure.
- Enabling carers to make their own choices and decisions without offering advice.
- Good organisational skills e.g. diary management, managing appointments with service users
- IT skills e.g. Microsoft Office.
Phsycial Effort
Essential
- Travelling within community.
Mental Effort
Essential
- Writing reports, planning teaching, health promotion activities, co-facilitation of groups.
Working conditions
Essential
- Travel in community all weathers, occasional working within community and office environments, attending and contributing to meetings and supervision.
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).
