Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Senior Peer Support Worker - Band 5

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Job summary

Senior PSW

A wonderful opportunity has arisen within Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust for a senior peer support worker to help develop our lived experienced workforce further. This post has the opportunity to be a development post starting at a band 4 and moving to a band 5 once competencies have been achieved. We really want to work with you to support your career in this important profession.

By using your own lived experience of recovery and experience as a peer support worker you will go on to supervise, train and recruit more peer support workers for our front-line services.

The ideal candidate will have a good level of experience as a PSW, evidencing peer support values and principles in daily practice, be PSW trained and have or be willing to receive further PSW supervisor training.

This post holder can be full time or part time but willing to support people over the whole service area across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

About us

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Details

Date posted

13 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

444-4992100-RM

Job locations

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant experience
  • Peer support worker training
  • Care Certificate
  • PRW Supervisor Training or willingness to complete

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Health/safety and risk awareness
  • Lived experience of receiving a secondary mental health services, and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
  • Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs in a PSW role
  • Experience of using knowledge, skills and experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support people accessing services to participate in activity.
  • Training experience and experience sharing self to support others in a training environment
  • Ability to challenge stigma, prejudice, and discrimination and support others to do the same
  • Ability to co-design Recovery Courses for groups and individuals drawing on your own lived mental health experience
  • Ability to make clear, logical, persuasive and considered arguments
  • Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant experience
  • Peer support worker training
  • Care Certificate
  • PRW Supervisor Training or willingness to complete

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Health/safety and risk awareness
  • Lived experience of receiving a secondary mental health services, and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
  • Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs in a PSW role
  • Experience of using knowledge, skills and experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support people accessing services to participate in activity.
  • Training experience and experience sharing self to support others in a training environment
  • Ability to challenge stigma, prejudice, and discrimination and support others to do the same
  • Ability to co-design Recovery Courses for groups and individuals drawing on your own lived mental health experience
  • Ability to make clear, logical, persuasive and considered arguments
  • Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Mental Health Recovery Lead

Stacy Cooper

stacy.cooper@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

07785390015

Details

Date posted

13 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

444-4992100-RM

Job locations

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


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