Job summary
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Please note that the vacancy may close before the closing date if ahigh volume of applications is received.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a motivated and passionate Peer Support Worker (22.5 hrs/0.6 WTE) to join our Maternity Trauma and Loss Care (MTLC) Service.The service is aimed at supporting women/birthing who are affected by pregnancy loss, still birth, neonatal loss, perinatal trauma, and those who have a fear of pregnancy/childbirth.MTLC has been developed in conjunction with Experts by Experience drawing on the invaluable input of women/birthing locally who have faced maternity trauma and loss. The service provides targeted care and support to those whose needs would not be well met in other services but have significant emotional and mental health difficulties related to their maternity experience.
This would be an exciting opportunity for a person with lived experience of Perinatal Trauma and/or Perinatal Baby Loss to join our service.
We expect through sharing aspects of your own lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing services, that you as Peer Support Worker will inspire hope and the belief that recovery is possible in others.As a tri-borough service, the successful candidate will be asked to work across Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow
Main duties of the job
Using recovery principles and socially inclusive practice, the successful candidate will support service users in their personal recovery journeys through the Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service.
The post-holder will foster a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, to promote choice, self-determination, opportunities and hope. They will raise awareness about local resources and opportunities that may assist people in maintaining their recovery. They will encourage and support service users to use community and resources that are available to them, and support the MTLC team with developing links with these resources. They will act as an advocate for recovery within the team and an ambassador for recovery for the Trust and with partner agencies. The post-holder will be required to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in community settings.
You will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team, facilitating client-centred activities for our women/birthing people and their families.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Commitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training, (including accredited peer support worker training if not previously undertaken)
- Willingness to undertake or completion of Level 4 LSBU accredited course "Developing Expertise in Peer Support" course
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development (
Desirable
- Completed peer support worker training (preferably accredited)
- Evidence of further training in relation to personal recovery principles
- Accredited certificate in Life Coaching
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Paid/unpaid relevant to job)
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery from perinatal mental health challenges such as pregnancy/baby loss and/or perinatal trauma (A) ? Experience of having personally accessed Perinatal Mental Health Services similar to the service they are applying to work in
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services
- Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services
- Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others
- Experience of working both independently as well as providing group and 1:1 activities
- Recent experience of supervision of others (in paid or unpaid capacity)
- Experience of co-facilitating groups
Desirable
- Experience of working in a range of health and/or social care settings as a peer support worker
- Recent experience of delivering training and presentations to a wide range of audiences
- Undertaking evaluations, audit and research
- Delivery of Recovery College courses
- Experience of project development
- Experience of co-facilitating psychologically informed groups
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Ability to support the development of group materials
- Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust (
- Ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability
- Good outreach and presentation skills
- Excellent planning, self-management and organisational skills
Desirable
- Interviewing skills
- Working knowledge of the principles of coproduction
- Knowledge of mental health policies and legislation that may contribute to support for service users
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
West London NHS Trust
Address
Building 135, Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London
W12 0HS