Job Overview
The Peer Support Worker role is an integral part of the team at the Leicestershire Recovery College. The Recovery College is a non-clinical and recovery focussed service that offers wellbeing courses and workshops across Leicester City, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Students at the college can be Mental Health Service Users, their Carers or Family Members and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust staff members.
The role is a key part of the student support offer at the College. Peer Support is offered as part of these courses and workshops and in short term sessions with students (and their family members, carers and friends where appropriate). These short-term sessions can be for example, enrolment and learning plan sessions, or sessions that support recovery and wellbeing focussed around goals set by the student and peer support worker.
Please note for this role applicants will be considered who have completed and passed the Peer Support Training offered by IMROC.
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Please note this role is part time 20.5 Hours per week
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
An overview of the role of a Peer Support Worker can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification. As the Recovery College is a non-clinical service here is a summary of several of the duties and activities of a Peer Support Worker:
- Utilise appropriate recovery focussed models and techniques to support students of the Recovery College. This support can be as part of courses and workshops or in short term support sessions. Support a student to develop support needs, and associated action or plans as part of the Enrolment and Individual Learning Plan process.
- Involvement in designing, planning and delivering the syllabus and course content at the Recovery College, this includes tutoring, co-tutoring or supporting courses and workshops as part of the colleges termly prospectus.
- Representing the service users/students’ voice.
- Support people who experience mental health issues, their carers and the wider community to engage and with recovery-focussed courses and activities through peer support.
- Involvement in promoting college activities through various ways and forms.
- Making links and establishing good working relationships with local community services and organisations.
- Building a sound knowledge of services provided in an effort to signpost and share information with students.
- In the role signposting to support and advice for students and their family members and/or carers.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
