Trac proudly powers the recruitment for
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Peer Intervention Delivery / Peer Support Worker
Accepting applications until: 29-Sep-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Sep-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- New Radcliffe House
- Tref
- Oxford
- Cod post
- OX2 6GG
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed term)
- Oriau
- Part time - 18 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £26,530 - £29,114 Per annum | Pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Psychology
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We know Job Descriptions and Specifications can sometimes be long which can be off-putting for some people, and we don’t want to let that deter you from applying.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you!
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Would you like to make a difference and use your own experience to do something positive for others in the field of psychosis?
We are recruiting for a Peer Support Worker to join our Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis clinical research group on a 24 month fixed-term contract where you will work on delivering a new six-month guided online programme called Feeling Safer, funded by the NIHR. This intervention aims to achieve substantially improved outcomes for the large number of people with persecutory delusions who have not responded sufficiently to current treatment.
You'll work in a team including a site lead, a clinical/counselling psychologist and research assistants to engage individuals at the early stages of psychosis and deliver this specialist CBT intervention (Feeling Safer) with close supervision from a clinical psychologist; working within NHS services and clinical trials methodology.
This is a part-time role (18 hours per week) based at the Department of Experimental Psychology in central Oxford.
If you have completed a Level 2 Peer Mentor course, have experience of working with patients diagnosed with psychosis and an interest in contributing to clinical research within this field then we would love to hear from you!
Advert
- Take an autonomous role in delivering the intervention in line with the treatment manual and study protocol, under the supervision of a clinical psychologist/psychological therapist, as part of the Feeling Safer trial.
- Establish a trusting and supportive relationship with those taking part in the Feeling Safer therapy, recognising this may mean being prepared to face and negotiate differences in people’s personal limits and boundaries, giving and receiving constructive feedback, seeking supervisory support when out of the peer session, a knowledge of relevant study and NHS Trust protocols and enacting on confidentiality limits
- Highly developed working knowledge of the intervention manual and principles of peer support
- Attend and contribute to study fidelity rating meetings, supervision, and regular training sessions with other study staff members
- Good record-keeping including updating patient records with trial progress and completing the recruitment database
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Oxford Health is a great place to work. To be able to showcase yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.
Please include details of qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and tailor your supporting statement to the role you are applying for, addressing the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who or where you are, you will receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role
- All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- To have completed at least a Level 2 approved Peer Mentor course (7 credits/ 70 hours of study), or equivalent to ensure at least a basic level of theoretic knowledge of the values of peer support and the principles that underpin them
- Qualified through experience as a ‘service user’ with personal experience of psychosis or bipolar disorder or severe depression, and experience of using mental health services
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Working with patients diagnosed with psychosis
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of recruiting to a research study
- Experience of psychological research
- Experience of working within the guidelines of the Data Protection Act and an understand of the code of ethics and confidentiality in research
Knowledge & Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Knowledge of psychological approaches to psychosis
- Ability to engage patients having experiences such as paranoia, hearing voices, anxiety, and depression
Meini prawf dymunol
- Knowledge of clinical trials methodology and experimental psychology
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Dr Felicity Waite
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01865 618192
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
Start your application
You must sign in to a Trac account before you can apply for this job.
Sign in
Create an account
Create your account and apply for your new job!