Volunteer Peer Worker

Job summary

Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? As a volunteer with Rotherham Assertive Outreach, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients who are on their journey toward recovery and independence. You'll build meaningful relationships, use empathy and lived experience to inspire hope, and help people reconnect with their community and support networks.

This volunteer opportunity is ideal for someone with lived mental health experience, who is compassionate, patient, and enjoys communicating with others. You'll be part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, gain valuable experience in mental health and social care, and develop skills that make a real impact.

Join us and help empower people to take control of their lives -- while growing personally and professionally in a supportive, rewarding environment.

Main duties of the job

The Rotherham Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) provides intensive, recovery-focused community support to adults across Rotherham with severe and enduring mental illnesses, primarily psychosis. The service works with patients who often present with co-existing substance misuse, complex risks, and significant social challenges, many of whom have struggled to engage with traditional mental health services. AOT aims to reduce barriers to care, prevent hospital admissions, and promote rehabilitation through a highly integrated, multidisciplinary, and multi-agency 'team' approach in line with the AOT model. The service also includes a community rehabilitation pathway for patients with both psychotic and non-psychotic disorders (SMI), and a 10-bedded supported living facility offering structured, step-down rehabilitative support in partnership with South Yorkshire Housing.

The volunteer will be involved with this list of tasks identified as follows:

• Building relationships with patients and service users based on mutuality, lived experience and support
• Help people to gain a sense of control over their own life.
• Supporting patients and service users to engage in social activity (including in the community).
• Assisting patients and service users in building strong working relationships with clinical staff and navigate the services.
• Multi - disciplinary team.
• Report any concerns to the Supervisor / Service Manager.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook