Peer Support Lead inBlaenau Gwent inBlaenau Gwent PUBLISHED
MON 13 JAN 2025
Band 7
MATERNITY MENTAL HEALTH NHS
Opportunity to lead and influence the development of peer support strategies within a prominent health organisation.
Directly contribute to improving mental health and learning disabilities services, making a meaningful impact in community and patient care.
Collaborative working environment that fosters relationship-building with various stakeholders including 3rd sector partners, executive boards, and Welsh Government.
Access to extensive training and development opportunities to further enhance professional skills and knowledge in peer support and mental health.
The role offers flexibility in working patterns, including options for remote working, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
Be part of a multi-award-winning NHS organisation recognized for its commitment to caring and staff well-being.
The Peer Support Lead role at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board involves overseeing and advancing peer support initiatives within the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division, specifically during a 12-month maternity cover period. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in peer support work and will be responsible for developing a peer support strategy that aligns with current frameworks while fostering partnerships with other agencies. Key responsibilities include leading the Peer Support Development Team, delivering training, ensuring the provision of effective peer services to those with complex mental health needs, and advocating for the importance of peer support within the Health Board.
Candidates must have lived experience of mental health challenges or learning disabilities and demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with vulnerable individuals. The position promotes collaborative working and consistency in service delivery across the division, while offering a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work environment within a well-regarded NHS organisation. The role is designed for full-time flexible working, and knowledge of the Welsh language is desirable but not mandatory.
Candidates must have lived experience of mental health challenges or learning disabilities and demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with vulnerable individuals. The position promotes collaborative working and consistency in service delivery across the division, while offering a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work environment within a well-regarded NHS organisation. The role is designed for full-time flexible working, and knowledge of the Welsh language is desirable but not mandatory.
Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Lead to join Aneurin Bevan's Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division on a12-month maternity cover basis.
The successful candidate will be competently experienced in peer support work and have the necessary skills, values and experience to lead peer support practice and supervise peers across community & in-patient settings.
You'll be required to undertake development of the peer support strategy in line with current frameworks ensuring required training and support is in place, whilst being able to persuade project boards, and staff the importance of the peer support project for Health Board wide expansion to provide equity of service provision.
The role requires communicating sensitive information about performance and service change; incorporating formal presentations to large groups (e.g. 3rd sector partners, executive board, heads of service and Welsh Government) alongside developing a clear and accessible peer support pathway that will support new peer support workers and volunteers in the future.
Please note only candidates who have their own living and lived experience of mental health challenges and/or learning disabilities will be eligible for shortlisting. Therefore, please make explicit reference to this within your written application in order to be shortlisted for this role.
Main duties of the job
The Peer Support Lead Will:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Date posted
January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,840 to £53,602 a year per annum / pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
040-AC006-
Job locations
Ybyty'r Tri Chwm
College Road
Ebbw Vale
NP23 6HA
Job Description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service
Job Description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Essential
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Lead to join Aneurin Bevan's Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division on a12-month maternity cover basis.
The successful candidate will be competently experienced in peer support work and have the necessary skills, values and experience to lead peer support practice and supervise peers across community & in-patient settings.
You'll be required to undertake development of the peer support strategy in line with current frameworks ensuring required training and support is in place, whilst being able to persuade project boards, and staff the importance of the peer support project for Health Board wide expansion to provide equity of service provision.
The role requires communicating sensitive information about performance and service change; incorporating formal presentations to large groups (e.g. 3rd sector partners, executive board, heads of service and Welsh Government) alongside developing a clear and accessible peer support pathway that will support new peer support workers and volunteers in the future.
Please note only candidates who have their own living and lived experience of mental health challenges and/or learning disabilities will be eligible for shortlisting. Therefore, please make explicit reference to this within your written application in order to be shortlisted for this role.
Main duties of the job
The Peer Support Lead Will:
- Show an awareness of the needs of individuals who may vulnerable and their networks and communicate in a way that engages them in the project (e.g. supporting individuals in co-production).
- Establish networks and partnerships with other agencies for collaborative working, demonstrating a hopeful and positive approach to mental health, neurodiversity and learning disabilities.
- Build and develop key relationships across the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division to enable support and ongoing development of the peer support project, developing and delivering training, in a variety of settings to a range of audiences.
- Provide leadership and management for the Peer Support Development Team and lived experience associated projects, supporting and monitoring progress of the projects within team and across ABUHB.
- Ensure the comprehensive provision of a cost effective, appropriate, and responsive peer service to service users with complex mental health and/or learning disability needs and wider as the service develops across the Health Board.
- Work closely with other staff within the Division to drive forward peer support/lived experience initiatives to ensure consistency and equality in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services and wider as the service develops.
- Develop and coordinate a multi-professional approach to peer support for all those who use the service.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Date posted
January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,840 to £53,602 a year per annum / pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
040-AC006-
Job locations
Ybyty'r Tri Chwm
College Road
Ebbw Vale
NP23 6HA
Job Description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service
Job Description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Essential
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
- Specialist project knowledge to Postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience (e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner or AgilePM Practitioner).
- Successful completion of accredited Peer Support Worker/Peer Support training. (E.g. ImROC Peer Support Training, Intentional Peer Support Training, Growing Space Peer Support Training).
- Knowledge and experience working within mental health and/or learning disabilities teams alongside individuals with lived experience of mental health difficulties and/or learning disabilities.
- Specialist knowledge of peer support and experience of having worked with peer support workers.
- Knowledge and understanding of recovery-focused and person-centred services including best practice related to recovery focused care.
- Knowledge and understanding of young people's mental
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