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Candidates for this role should possess personal lived experience of Autism or neurodiversity, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to positive mental wellbeing. A background in health and social care, experience working with neurodivergent individuals, and a willingness to share their story in a meaningful way are essential. The position also emphasises teamwork, organisational skills, and a dedication to continuous professional development. Successful applicants will enjoy benefits such as flexible access to wages, wellbeing resources, and opportunities for ongoing training and development.
Our dedicated team, including Lived Experience Workers, is instrumental in realising this vision by working closely withadults and families to empower them and facilitate access to essential services.
We are committed to delivering personalised and family-centred care, ensuring individuals receive timely support within their community.
As a valuedPeer Support Worker,you will play a crucial role in providing peer support and practical assistance to service users, helping them regain control over their lives. Drawing upon your own lived experiences, you will offer relational support to Autistic adults, serving as a role model, guiding them to community resources, and fostering connections.
Through empathy and a deep understanding of their challenges, you will inspire hope and assist them in achieving their goals.
In this role, you will be uniquely positioned to facilitate and support information sharing that promotes choice, self-determination, and integration into local communities.
To provide peer support to Autistic service users (Adults) supporting them in relation to their careplan and goals on a 1-1 or group basis focusing on building relationships and opportunities to learn together.
To bring empathy and understanding into all interactions with by sharing lived experience and hopefulness.
To maintain equality with, and work alongside others facing similar experiences and challenges in their health and wellbeing with the central focus being on building trusting relationships rather than intervention.
To positively support service users by making links and accessing community resources and supporting them with social inclusion.
To promote understanding of the principles and practice of the Autism Outreach Lived Experience role (relationships and support).
- To interact with and work alongside a team of professionals and service user families and carers in the delivery of peer based approaches (Informal support for other people with the same life experiences).
- Advocate for individuals' needs, effectively communicating within the team and acting as a voice for service users.
- To ensure the service is responsive to meeting the needs of Autistic adults with a trauma responsive approach.
- Ensure excellent communication and liaison with colleagues, being an agent for systemic change and a champion of peer support with lived experience within and outside HCRG Care Group.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
About us
You will feel valued as aLived Experience Peer Support Worker in our Autism Outreach Service (AOS)within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including-
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards- with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Essential
- Own personal lived experience of Autism / neurodiversity and willingness to positively share own life experiences.
- Excellent communication skills with autistic adults.
- Able to tell your story in a meaningful way
- An understanding and belief in the importance of positive mental wellbeing.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience
- Planning, organisational and time management skills.
- Ability and commitment to working in an inclusive team focused way.
- An ability to act calmly and to resond professionally to distress, disturbance and unpredictability
- Active personal commitment to continuing professional development.
- Driving licence and access to vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Level 3 in health & social care or equivalent experience.
- Experience of working or volunteering with neurodivergent individuals and/or people with mental health problems.
- Awareness of community resources and service user groups
- Experience of working in a community capacity role/peer support role.
- Demonstrable record of good working practice with autistic adults, having a positive impact on their lives and meeting their needs .
- Experience in actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid).
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
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