Job vacancy: Peer Support Worker, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Job summary

Main area: Mother and Baby Unit
Grade: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-34525-LPS

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Mother and Baby Unit
Town: Leeds
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/08/2025 23:59

Peer Support Worker

3

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The PSW will take a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service setting in which they work with other Trust recovery champions. Reporting directly to the Clinical Team Manager and under the professional supervision of the Peer Support Worker Lead, the PSW will be responsible for the delivery of peer support interventions as agreed within the peer relationship.

The post therefore requires effective liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals and agencies as required. The service encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal ‘lived’ experience.

To have good verbal communication skills and an excellent understanding of how to build rapport with service users, carers and others as required.
Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, and to have a good understanding of individual’s roles within the team
Communication may be oral, in writing, electronic, or using sign language, or other verbal or non-verbal forms. The member of staff has understanding of communication barriers and ability to adapt possible barriers in building a good, effective, professional, empathic relationship with service users, and to be aware of strategies to help improve communications and relationships
Will understand the importance and ability to provide effective communication and liaison with other agencies and professionals.
To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users.
Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness via appropriate and timely relating of own gender story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.
Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multidisciplinary team members, service users and carers.
To raise awareness of recovery language with Trust staff by modelling positive strengths based, non-discriminatory, non- jargon, non-medicalised language in all areas of work

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Someone who has given birth to a baby and is now their main carer, and who has a lived experience of perinatal mental health requiring them to receive support from mental health services throughout recovery.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

2. NVQ3 in Care or equivalent qualification/experience or the willingness to undertake further training.

Knowledge / Interest

Essential criteria

Knowledge of Community Resources
Interest in Perinatal Mental Health and Recovery

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

If you have not received any communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Deborah Page
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Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0113 85 55505

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Peer Support Worker

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Experience

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