Description
The Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service is looking for a motivated and passionate Peer Support Worker to join our team. As a Peer Support Worker, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing client-centred activities for women and their families.
Your role will involve:
- Providing recovery-focused support to service users
- Establishing supportive and respectful relationships with people using mental health services
- Helping service users complete recovery plans and identifying their goals and support needs
- Ensuring interactions are sensitive and responsive to service users' backgrounds
- Promoting social inclusion and engagement
- Sharing ideas on achieving and developing recovery, drawing on personal experiences and interventions
- Modelling personal responsibility, self-awareness, and hopefulness
- Signposting to resources, opportunities, and activities
- Accompanying service users to appointments and meetings
- Maintaining case records and reporting concerns
The successful candidate will have lived experience of perinatal mental health and will be expected to share their experiences to inspire hope and promote recovery. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities to support your growth in the role.
The salary for this role is £33,262 to £36,027 per annum, pro-rata inclusive of 15% HCAS. This is a part-time, permanent position based at Hounslow House.