Job summary
We have a transformation programme underway to improve services and support in the community for people with significant mental illnesses. As part of this, we are seeking a member of our newly established Lived Experience Practitioner Team, who will be involved in supporting some of our therapeutic services user groups across East Berkshire, in addition to offering one-on-one support to individual patients.
Work base:
Fitzwilliam House, Bracknell, Berkshire. Some travel around the local area is required.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be person-centred: You will help to make sure service-users have informed choice and are able to pursue meaningful opportunities in their local communities. You will help them to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals.
You will be patient, empathetic, compassionate and non-judgmental. You will ultimately inspire hope that recovery is possible by sharing your own experiences, where appropriate.
You will report to the Lead Lived Experience Practitioner and receive regular supervision. There will be personal and professional development opportunities available to you.
Working pattern + Service operating hours
This is a full-time role to the equivalent of 37.5 hours a week. Some flexibility is required as to the hours/days worked, as the Programme is currently in a period of development based on service-user and Trust needs. That said, we will do our utmost to take into account your own personal needs and preferences, in terms of how, where and when you work, to ensure the role does not exclude any individuals who would otherwise be eligible for the role. We actively encourage people with disabilities and/or access needs to apply for this position, as we believe in creating a workplace that works for all.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 3 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- Direct personal experience of living with a mental health condition or being a family member/carer to someone who has had a mental health condition.
- Professional, voluntary or lived experience of supporting people with mental health needs
- Well-developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills
If you recognise yourself in these requirements, we recommend you apply today!
We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Holly Dale on 07815 485064 email: holly.dale@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 3 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- Direct personal experience of living with a mental health condition or being a family member/carer to someone who has had a mental health condition.
- Professional, voluntary or lived experience of supporting people with mental health needs
- Well-developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills
If you recognise yourself in these requirements, we recommend you apply today!
We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Holly Dale on 07815 485064 email: holly.dale@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Professional, voluntary or lived experience of supporting people with mental health needs
- Evidence of, or willingness to undertake continuing personal development
Desirable
- Degree in relevant subject like health and social care
Previous Experience
Essential
- Direct personal experience of living with a mental health condition and / or using Mental Health Services, or experience of being a family member or carer for someone who has / had a mental health condition.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- The ability to form and sustain a trusting relationship with service users/carers.
- Well-developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies, both face to face and by phone.
- The ability, with supervision, to manage own workload in an effective and timely manner
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative appropriately, making decisions within the guidelines set.
- Able to demonstrate a general understanding of mental health issues with a positive non-judgemental approach.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality and work within local policy framework.
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the values that underpin the delivery of care.
- Team-working skills within a multi-disciplinary group.
- Able to demonstrate an appreciation of equal opportunities/diversity issues.
- Possess an enthusiasm for learning and development.
- Flexible and adaptable to change.
- Demonstrates a capacity for personal and professional resilience. Demonstrates an ability to manage their own emotions and wellbeing in the face of potentially distressing topics and/or experiences, especially those which may relate to own experiences.
- Possess excellent IT skills including competent use of Microsoft Office.
Additional Requirements
Desirable
- Access to own transport and ability to travel freely and flexibly across the local area in order to work effectively with service users and peer mentors.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Professional, voluntary or lived experience of supporting people with mental health needs
- Evidence of, or willingness to undertake continuing personal development
Desirable
- Degree in relevant subject like health and social care
Previous Experience
Essential
- Direct personal experience of living with a mental health condition and / or using Mental Health Services, or experience of being a family member or carer for someone who has / had a mental health condition.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- The ability to form and sustain a trusting relationship with service users/carers.
- Well-developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies, both face to face and by phone.
- The ability, with supervision, to manage own workload in an effective and timely manner
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative appropriately, making decisions within the guidelines set.
- Able to demonstrate a general understanding of mental health issues with a positive non-judgemental approach.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality and work within local policy framework.
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the values that underpin the delivery of care.
- Team-working skills within a multi-disciplinary group.
- Able to demonstrate an appreciation of equal opportunities/diversity issues.
- Possess an enthusiasm for learning and development.
- Flexible and adaptable to change.
- Demonstrates a capacity for personal and professional resilience. Demonstrates an ability to manage their own emotions and wellbeing in the face of potentially distressing topics and/or experiences, especially those which may relate to own experiences.
- Possess excellent IT skills including competent use of Microsoft Office.
Additional Requirements
Desirable
- Access to own transport and ability to travel freely and flexibly across the local area in order to work effectively with service users and peer mentors.
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
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).
