Peer Supporter inWhitehaven inWhitehaven PUBLISHED TUE 3 DEC 2024

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) are recruiting 4 Peer Supporter's to work within the 24/7 Community Mental Health Support Hub, based in Copeland, Cumbria

A selection of exciting opportunities has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust's (CNTW) North Cumbria Locality. These lived experience roles will be for the 24/7 Community Mental Health Support Hub based in Copeland, Cumbria. This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a new and transformative service, due to launch in January 2025.

Our aim is to transform the way mental health care is provided locally, by bringing together specialist health, social care and community services in the heart of Whitehaven in West Cumbria.

This post ispart of a joint project with other partners including Home Group, Everyturn, iCan Wellbeing and The Well Communities, amongst others. We are looking to provide a structure of lived experience throughout this project.

The principal role of the posts will be to support service users and carers throughout their journey through our services, to establish greater control over their lives and decisions, and build resilience during their care and treatment. The roles focus on creating trusting relationships whilst supporting service users in their journey of recovery.

You will be expected to offer a different perspective and real understanding through:

• Sharing stories to find a mutual connection.
• Supporting individuals to identify personal recovery goals and contribute to care planning.
• Group work, as well as 1:1 work, using wellness plans and tools. You will co-develop therapeutic groups, dependant on your experience, working with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Recording progress and concerns, working in a manner which ensures confidentiality and security.
• Building service user and carer confidence through their care pathway and towards their own aspirations of a meaningful recovery.

The Lived Experience Service will be hosting an open day on Thursday 19th December 2024 at The Senhouse Centre, Whitehaven, CA28 7ES between:

3pm till 5.30pm

This is an opportunity to meet the team and find out more about the project and discuss the peer support role and ask any questions you may have.

We look forward to meeting you there.

About us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Lived experience roles are a vital part of our plan to continually improve the services that we provide. These roles are aimed at people with personal lived experience of their own recovery journey, or supporting someone else, to inspire people through their own recovery path.

This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with people presenting with a range of mental health issues and risks. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people and demonstrate strong recovery values in, inspiring hope and empowerment in others.

As this is a community-based role, you must be able to work centrally from the hub and be able to travel across the Copeland area and other Trust sites across CNTW.

Due to the 24/7 nature of the project, unsocial working hours will be required.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 2nd December 2024

Closing date : 31st December 2024

We welcome your application.

We would like to let candidates know that if you are shortlisted for further interview, you will be invited to a recruitment selection day on 23rd January 10.30am 3pm in Whitehaven. You will be expected to attend all day. This is an opportunity to bring all candidates together to demonstrate some of the values and skills we are looking for from a Peer Supporter. Further one to one interviews will then be held on either the 4th or 5th of February.