Peer Recovery Worker

Job summary

We have an opportunity for a Band 3 Peer Recovery Worker to join our exciting new Enablement Pathway which has been developed as part of the Mental Health Transformation. The multidisciplinary team works across North and South Warwickshire, and Coventry. We have three key service spokes; (1) supporting the repatriation of individuals from Out of Area placements, (2) supporting the successful stepping down of people from our local mental health rehabilitation units back into their communities and (3) supporting individuals in secondary care community mental health teams (CMHTs) to develop the skills to live successful, fulling lives within their communities. The spokes and service delivery have been developed jointly by Experts by Experience in collaboration with Experts by Training.

Due to the geographical area the service covers, we require the successful applicant to be a car driver with access to their own vehicle for work.

The team uses a Recovery, Strengths-Based philosophy to collaboratively identify the individual's goals and needs and to support them towards achieving these. Many of our individuals experience difficulties with housing, finances, vocational activities and social inclusion and the successful applicant will be expected to work creatively, with our team members, other mental health and statutory teams and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) colleagues to support the individual to achieve their goals.

Main duties of the job

A Peer Recovery/ Support Worker is someone who can offer emotional, practical support and skills, with lived experience of mental health challenges. We are looking for a candidate who possesses personal first-hand experience instead of just experience in caregiving, and willing to open up about their own mental health experiences.

Using your own lived experience of recovery to support people who are accessing these services, you will:

• evidence and show visible recovery; showing that change is possible, giving a strong message of hope and understanding.
• be a positive role model helping to inspire, motivate, guide and support our people to engage with services and work on their recovery.

It is essential to use your own personal lived experience of mental health services to offer emotional and practical support, helping people move to a positive, meaningful and fulfilled future. The ideal people will work alongside and assist dynamic multidisciplinary teams of workers providing support to members of the local community. This is an ideal opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment as you work alongside experienced senior staff and receive regular supervision within the service.

There will be a range of internal and external training opportunities. You will be in a position to develop the role and be a part of a service undergoing exciting organisational change. These posts are new to our service.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.