Peer Support Worker - London, United Kingdom - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with lived experience of receiving care from Eating Disorder Services to join our team as a peer support worker.

As a peer support worker you will be a valued member of the St Ann's Eating Disorder Service working alongside a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team.

You will be able to share relevant personal experiences and draw on insights and skills developed through your own recovery to come alongside people using services on a one-to-one and group basis to explore peoples own goals and personalised recovery.

This role will have a particular focus on Inpatient and Outpatient.

It is anticipated this will be a dynamic role with lots of variation and will include tasks such as;

Providing peer support during mealtimes (including eating with the individual you are working alongside)
Supporting people to access groups and activities in their local communities

An individual may go through many service transitions during their recovery journey; the peer support worker in this role will predominantly be focusing on transitions between inpatient and outpatient.

Co-production is at the heart of our service and will be vital within the role of peer support worker, in terms of the development of the St Ann's Eating Disorder Service.

Post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers and have a clear understanding of professional boundaries.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation.

These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practices
Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
Value social inclusion

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people.

Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions.

We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.

Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.