Perinatal Peer Support Worker

at  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

As a Peer Support Worker within our Perinatal Community Mental Health Team, you will work alongside other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and our allies to offer practical and emotional support to clients by drawing directly from your own experience of mental health difficulties. This work will allow you to connect with people and enabling them to build self-confidence, a sense of personal wellbeing, build their own networks and engage with their family, friends, and communities. Your work will include supporting people to achieve their own recovery goals in a personalised non-judgement way. You will help people feel a sense of hope in their recovery by using your own experiences.
Responsibilities will include: Working alongside the client through their journey to achieve their personal goals. Supporting people either on a 1:1 basis or within a group (alongside your colleagues). To support clients to access statutory support including Children’s Centres. Support people in accessing the service, when they might be fearful about what that could mean for them.
Developing and maintaining a good working knowledge of community resources and partner organisations to signpost clients and to promote social inclusion. Give people a sense of hope and wellbeing and support them to gain a sense of control over their lives. Provide support and signposting to carers and loved ones as they navigate this journey. About you You will have lived experience of perinatal community mental health services.
You will have experience of communicating with people who have difficulties with their mental health in a supportive and beneficial way and be able to demonstrate a proactive and positive attitude. You will be able to build relationships with people when they are at their most vulnerable; demonstrating careful listening, compassion and a non-judgemental attitude. It is important that you feel able to hear the highly sensitive and emotional stories that accompany this work. We will however provide strong support and supervision structures to enable this work.
Please note, the lived experience is an essential aspect of this role and we cannot accept applicants where this is not apparent. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

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