Peer Support Worker - Apprenticeship

This is an exciting opportunity for two part time (18hrs) Peer Support Workers to join the All-Age Forensic Community Service. The service is based in Wakefield, covering the wider Yorkshire region. The posts will be 9-5 Monday to Friday.

The PSW will bring their own lived experience of mental health or learning disability/Autism services which have provided support and aided them in their own recovery. They will work alongside the Multidisciplinary Team, supporting service users who are accessing the service to help them in their recovery journey. Experience of Substance Use services would be beneficial for SCFT.

The team offer support to service users who experience complex mental health difficulties, Learning Disability, Autism and/or neurodiverse needs in the community and present with some aspect of Forensic Risk. They work in partnership with other agencies, including supporting Hospital and Prison transfers into the community.

The two services available:

Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service for Learning Disability and/or Autism (FOLS LDA).

Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT).

The candidate will be supported to complete the Level 3 Peer Worker Apprenticeship Programme (18 month) and be supported in the role by the trust lived experience lead and trust peer support network., The Peer Support worker will work alongside the wider multidisciplinary Team in delivering high quality care and support to service users in the community. This will include:

Providing support and guidance to service users

Share lived experience and promote the service user voice

Support identified interventions individual and group

Be a positive role model, help inspire and motivate service users in their recovery

Practical and emotional support to service users

Help to reduce challenges and fears for service users

Promote recovery and positive futures

Bring your personal experience and knowledge into the Team

Support service development, involvement and collaboration

Access supervision and support from the peer support network, adopt a reflective approach

Complete identified studies relating to the peer support worker role

Report to the clinical team and line manager

Attend allocated meetings

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.