Peer Support Worker

Job summary

Two Peer Support Workers (PSW's) - Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit, Derby

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in mental health services? We are seeking to recruit two motivated Peer Support Workers to join our friendly and dynamic teams at the Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit.

We are looking for two individuals who are dedicated to the principles of social inclusion to work with adults experiencing mental health difficulties during an inpatient admission.

The role will involve working with the Hub teams and linking into the acute wards, to offer a service for adults requiring acute inpatient stays at the Radbourne and Carsington Units. Our services are multi-disciplinary providing person-centred holistic care topatients with a wide variety of mental health conditions.

The role is focused on providing emotional support, drawing upon your own experiences of mental health or caring for those experiencing mental health difficulties. You will work with our team to provide practical and emotional support, allowing you to connect with people and enabling them to build self-confidence, a sense of personal wellbeing, build networks and engage with their family, friends and communities.

If you have first-hand, personal experience of mental health difficulties and would like to help others with similar conditions, then this peer support worker role could be well suited to you.

Main duties of the job

You will support the provision of high-quality patient services that are clinically safe, evidence based, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trust's Standards. The post will also involve working closely in collaboration with our Psychological Therapies department at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to be able to work with teams as well as on your own initiative are essential.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the Trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities