SPA and Urgent Care Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner

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Are you a passionate and experienced peer worker with lived experience of recovery from mental and emotional distress and of accessing urgent care services in response to mental health needs?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled individual to join Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) as a Urgent Care Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner. Working within our Single Point of Access (SPA) and across the Urgent Care services, including First Response and Community Access Services (CAS), the role will support the development and ongoing delivery of CNWL’s Peer Support and Lived Experience Practice provision within SPA & Urgent Care services. This will include close working, liaison and supervision of staff within our urgent care pathway, including SPA, CAS and First Response.

Please note only candidates who have worked as peer workers (or very similar lived experience-specific roles) and have their own lived experience of recovery from mental and emotional distress and of accessing urgent care services in response to mental health needs will be eligible for shortlisting.

Therefore, please make explicit reference to both of these within your written application in order to be shortlisted for either of these roles.

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Working within SPA and across the Urgent Care service, including First Response and Community Access Services (CAS), the role of the Urgent Care Lived Experience Practitioner will support the development and ongoing delivery of CNWL’s Peer Support and Lived Experience Practice provision within SPA & Urgent Care service. This will include close working, liaison and supervision of staff within our urgent care pathway, including SPA, CAS and First Response.

The post holder will work with a small number of individuals accessing SPA to undertake 1-1 lived experience specialist support.

Across the urgent care pathway, the post holder will work to ensure Peer Support Worker (PSW) roles are created and undertaken in line with our trust wide policies and practices, that PSWs and Senior PSWs are suitably supported with their work and that the Recovery agenda is maintained across sites. 

In addition, as a member of the lived experience workforce, the postholder will contribute to occasional delivery of Recovery and Wellbeing College courses.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.  We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. 

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation.  We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.  We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles.  See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.