This is an exciting role for someone who wants to make real change happen.
The main purpose of this tole is to support service users to establish greater control over their lives, helping to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose whilst recognising that each individual’s journey is a distinctive and deeply personal process.
Responsibilities
If you are a proactive change-maker who enjoys big challenges and rewarding work, we can offer a collaborative, supportive working environment, and the opportunity to be at the heart of creating new systems of care and support which go beyond the job description.
The role of a Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health and are able to use their experience to offer empathy and understanding to others.
To encourage, inspire, motivate and support people who access the service.
Working alongside the wider Mind in Bexley network of services, you will assist in carrying out a comprehensive and holistic assessment and developing a safety plan to promote the person’s ability to engage with appropriate services.
Key Tasks
• Provide opportunities for individual service users to direct their own recovery journey
• Model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills, using own experience of recovery to inspire hope
• Use a person-centred approach to enable the service user to access a range of services and activities to successfully achieve their recovery goals • Assist and advise individuals in managing their own mental health on a day to day basis.
• Provide 1-2-1 support; encourage independence, goal setting and understanding
• Positively promote recovery by making links with community resources and supporting service users to access them
• Support the team in promoting the role of Peer Support Worker
• Participate in regular supervision with manager
• Engage and contribute within team meetings, individual appraisal and setting personal development goals within the job
• Provide accurate and up-to-date oral/written reports on the clients’ care and outcomes of care objectives.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times in line with policy
• Maintain and update training as required.