Peer Support Development Worker inBlaenau Gwent inBlaenau Gwent PUBLISHED
SUN 5 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges and learning disabilities.
Work as an ambassador for recovery and wellbeing, fostering a culture of support and understanding across the Health Board.
Engagement in comprehensive training and development programs, including opportunities to co-deliver training with third sector partners.
Flexibility in the role, promoting a healthy work-life balance with options for flexible working arrangements.
Access to a supportive environment within a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with over 16,000 staff members.
Development of vital leadership skills through creating communication strategies and training programs for peer support.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking a Peer Support Development Worker for a 12-month fixed-term position within its Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division. The role requires the candidate to utilize their personal lived experience of mental health challenges or learning disabilities to enhance peer support understanding and employment across the Health Board. Responsibilities include supporting, supervising, and training Peer Support Workers, developing training resources for various groups, and collaborating with internal teams and external agencies to improve peer support services. Candidates are expected to demonstrate effective communication with service users, families, and professionals, and to contribute to the Health Board's Peer Support Strategy while promoting recovery principles.
The ideal candidate will have experience in navigating complex workloads and be able to provide support on short notice. This position not only supports the growth of Peer Support roles but also involves delivering training and creating communication strategies to connect with Peer Support Workers. The Health Board offers a supportive work environment, career growth opportunities, and various benefits, emphasizing employee wellbeing and flexible working arrangements. Proficiency in Welsh is desirable, but both English and Welsh speakers are encouraged to apply.
The ideal candidate will have experience in navigating complex workloads and be able to provide support on short notice. This position not only supports the growth of Peer Support roles but also involves delivering training and creating communication strategies to connect with Peer Support Workers. The Health Board offers a supportive work environment, career growth opportunities, and various benefits, emphasizing employee wellbeing and flexible working arrangements. Proficiency in Welsh is desirable, but both English and Welsh speakers are encouraged to apply.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Development Worker to join Aneurin Bevan's Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Division on a 12-month fixed-term basis.
As a Peer Support Development Worker, you'll be an ambassador of lived & living experience for the Health Board. Working to improve understanding of peer support whilst supporting the employment and ongoing development of Peer Support Worker roles across the Health Board. You'll play an integral role in offering all peer support workers and employing teams support, supervision, consultation, and training.
The post holder will be required to provide planned and ad-hoc support to peers and teams which may be communicated at short notice. Planning and organising a wide range of complex and potentially conflicting activities in own workload, including liaison across departments and third sector services for activities such as meetings, training delivery, and peer supervision.
The role requires communicating effectively with service users, carers, family members, and professionals across a variety health care settings (including conferences and representing the health board at national service user forums).
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.
The Peer Support Development Worker Will
Be an ambassador for recovery/maintaining wellbeing for the Health Board to teams internally & external agencies.
Improve understanding of peer support across ABUHB, working with key stakeholders in these services to identify potential challenges and benefits of peer support.
Adapt peer support training resources for specialist groups (children, older adults experiencing mental health difficulties and individuals with learning disabilities).
Co-deliver training alongside third sector partners to prospective peer workers.
Support the ongoing development of a variety of peer support roles across the Health Board, taking into account the particular needs of the service in which they are working.
Develop training and supervision/support packages for Peer Support Workers and other team members.
Deliver team preparation training to clinical teams to ensure that Peer Support Workers are used effectively and appropriately within their service, embedding recovery principles within the service setting.
Support the development and implementation of the Health Boards Peer Support Strategy.
Provide support and development opportunities for Peer Support Workers via a Peer Development programme and group supervision opportunities.
Develop a communication strategy in order to keep in contact with all Peer Support Workers within their specialist areas.
Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-advocacy and hopefulness.
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.
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
As a Peer Support Development Worker, you'll be an ambassador of lived & living experience for the Health Board. Working to improve understanding of peer support whilst supporting the employment and ongoing development of Peer Support Worker roles across the Health Board. You'll play an integral role in offering all peer support workers and employing teams support, supervision, consultation, and training.
The post holder will be required to provide planned and ad-hoc support to peers and teams which may be communicated at short notice. Planning and organising a wide range of complex and potentially conflicting activities in own workload, including liaison across departments and third sector services for activities such as meetings, training delivery, and peer supervision.
The role requires communicating effectively with service users, carers, family members, and professionals across a variety health care settings (including conferences and representing the health board at national service user forums).
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.
The Peer Support Development Worker Will
Be an ambassador for recovery/maintaining wellbeing for the Health Board to teams internally & external agencies.
Improve understanding of peer support across ABUHB, working with key stakeholders in these services to identify potential challenges and benefits of peer support.
Adapt peer support training resources for specialist groups (children, older adults experiencing mental health difficulties and individuals with learning disabilities).
Co-deliver training alongside third sector partners to prospective peer workers.
Support the ongoing development of a variety of peer support roles across the Health Board, taking into account the particular needs of the service in which they are working.
Develop training and supervision/support packages for Peer Support Workers and other team members.
Deliver team preparation training to clinical teams to ensure that Peer Support Workers are used effectively and appropriately within their service, embedding recovery principles within the service setting.
Support the development and implementation of the Health Boards Peer Support Strategy.
Provide support and development opportunities for Peer Support Workers via a Peer Development programme and group supervision opportunities.
Develop a communication strategy in order to keep in contact with all Peer Support Workers within their specialist areas.
Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-advocacy and hopefulness.
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.
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
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