Peer Support Worker

This more than a job, it's a chance to make a significant difference. If you have the drive to support and uplift others, we want you on our team! Spread the word and let's transform lives together! Ready to step up? Reach out to us and start your journey as a Peer Support Worker today! We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with lived experience of mental health difficulties and accessing a community, primary or secondary mental health service. The role is 22.5 hrs weekly and will be a highly valued team member based in the Central Shropshire Community Mental Health Team. You will be working directly with an identified caseload of individuals and their carers to provide peer support Championing recovery focused ways of working To co-design and co-deliver recovery orientated, therapeutic groups and activities as equal partners in the development and delivery of activities A key feature of this post is to promote individual person-centred recovery by drawing on the peer support workers own personal lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services. As a pivotal and highly valued member of the team, peer support workers will have a case load of identified patients who they will work with on both an individual basis and by delivering group interventions, working in collaboration with the wider multi-disciplinary team.,

• Work directly with identified caseload of individuals and their carers through a range of methods including, video/telephone call, text and in person face to face sessions'
• Work with identified individuals and members of the wider MDT to ensure care plans are truly co-produced.
• Draw on own lived experience to offer understanding, support and hope to individuals accessing the service and promote independence and recovery.
• Contribute to the overall care of an individual, helping to identify any early warning signs of deteriorating wellbeing by monitoring an individual's mental health, level of functioning and mental state, escalating any areas of concerns to the relevant senior staff member
• Drawing on personal experience to help individuals to identify their strengths and triggers and supporting them to establish the things that are important to them in their life, identifying goals and the steps they wish to take to achieve them
• Champion a recovery orientated service including promoting involvement, engagement, participation and co-production opportunities.
  
  By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.