Peer Support Worker

Job summary

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with lived experience to join the Aneurin Bevan Specialist Drugs and Alcohol Service as a Peer Support Worker. The post holder will work in a service that cares, treats and support service users with addiction and dependency needs paired with complexities such as severe mental health, severe physical health, pregnancy and/or complex child protection elements.

The Peer Support Worker will work amongst a multi-disciplinary team, using a person-centred, strengths based recovery approach whilst supporting service users in ways of breaking down barriers to accessing and remaining engaged within treatment. The role will cover Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Monmouthshire Counties.

The successful post holder will support and receive support by all members of the ABSDAS team as well as the Peer Support Development Service.

Main duties of the job

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are committed to delivering quality services based on the needs of the people who use them. As a Peer Support Worker, you will be an expert by experience, working within a multi-disciplinary team and using a person-centred, strengths based recovery approach whilst working directly with service users who are found to be in differing stages of the cycle of change.

In order to be eligible for this role it is a requirement that you have had experience and input from a specialist substance use service and mental health services.

The role will also include some administrative duties, including recording on electronic patient records. You may be working with groups, individuals and agencies external to the NHS.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.