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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

About

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk

(source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)

Contact

Address: 350 Euston Road; Regent's Place; London; London; NW1 3AX
Contact Number: 02032145700

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Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 333-D-AD-0530 Vacancy ID: 7219618

Peer Support Worker (Development Role)

Accepting applications until: 04-Jun-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 04-Jun-2025 23:59

Location

Gwefan: ARC Hounslow
Cyfeiriad: Montague Hall, Montague Road
Tref: Hounslow
Cod post: TW3 1LD
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (12 months Fixed Term Contract with expectation that it will be extended if additional funding is confirmed)
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm with some expectation of flexible working, e.g. occasional evenings)

Salary

Cyflog: £29,176 - £33,665 Per annum inc HCAS
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 3)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Lived Experience Workforce

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Clinical Work

· To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team in order to support individuals in the RDP, ARC Hounslow and the Addictions directorate, and supporting the interventions used in these services.

· To plan, deliver and facilitate psychosocial group-based interventions as part of the Recovery Day Programme and the wider ARC Hounslow service.

· To use personal, experiential knowledge and to share lived experience, as appropriate to the peer role, in building safe, trusting relationships with named service users.

· To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate self-management skills and techniques, using own experience of recovery.

· To assume a ‘coaching’ role supporting service users in developing personal recovery plans; this can be delivered individually or in groups.

· To empower and enable each individual service user, in a non-directive, non-prescriptive way, to discover and make use of their own strengths and to build and strengthen positive connections with their peers, networks and wider communities.

· To skilfully use personal experience of recovery to help motivate service users.

· To provide opportunities for service users to direct their own recovery process.

· To support service users to identify and overcome fears within a relationship of empathy and trust.

· To act as a role model to service users to inspire hope, share life experiences and lessons learned as a person in recovery.

· To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and review of care with the multi-disciplinary team.

· To work together with the service user and where possible their carers/supporters in the drawing up of care plans, encouraging and motivating service users to take an active role in their own care plan.

· To assist individuals in managing their substance use on a day-to-day basis including providing support with activities of daily living such as care of self, budgeting, personal care, caring for their home and leisure activities

· To accompany service users to appointments, therapeutic or social community-based activities as appropriate.

· To respect, acknowledge and support service users as they describe and make sense of their experiences.

· To hand over issues of risk, safety and safeguarding, having explained this first to the service user, following locally agreed procedures for risk and safety management

· To signpost to various resources, opportunities and activities within the Trust and in communities to promote choice and informed decision making.

· To respect and support the diversity of experiences and backgrounds that people bring to the peer support relationship.

· To accept and respect service users’ personal beliefs, uniqueness and identity.

· To assist service users to maintain a connection with their life outside of services.

· To support the team in promoting a recovery orientated environment by identifying recovery-focused activities and imparting information and education as required.

Please review the job description for full details on the role and responsibilities.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 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. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

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

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

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

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Meini prawf hanfodol

Commitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training, (including accredited peer support worker training if not previously undertaken)
Acceptable level of written literacy and numeracy
Basic IT skills i.e. word & email

Meini prawf dymunol

Accredited peer support worker training
Accredited certificate in Life Coaching

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Meini prawf hanfodol

Lived experience of substance misuse problems, with 12 months abstinence from dependent & problematic drug & alcohol use; including prescribed opiate substitutes
Paid or unpaid working experience in health and social care
Willing to positively share your own life experiences and personal experience of substance misuse with service users and carers
Developed plans for managing own recovery
Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)
Experience of facilitating groups

Meini prawf dymunol

Involvement in service redesign and development.
Paid or unpaid, peer support worker experience

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES

Meini prawf hanfodol

Able to demonstrate understanding of Intentional Peer Support
Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of personal recovery
Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery as it may relate to others
Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers
Effective listening skills
Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust
Ability to appreciate / understand other people’s worlds
Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience
An ability to be non-judgemental
An ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability
Knowledge of how to build community links and networks
Ability to problem solve and create innovative solutions to help empower service users
Understanding of issues arising from experiencing ill health related to substance use
Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and an ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/ equal opportunities
Ability to demonstrate practical skills to provide support with daily living activities
Resilience
Good organisational skills
Effective team player

Meini prawf dymunol

Knowledge of current legislation which underpins Health and Social Care and a working knowledge of the Equalities Act 2010 and Human Rights Act.
Knowledge of basic first aid
Basic Health and Safety awareness
Moving and handling awareness
Awareness of local services
Knowledge of benefits/ employment systems
Ability to speak other languages
Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of substance misuse issues