CYP Peer Support Worker

Peer Support Workers provide emotional support and practical assistance to young people currently accessing CYP Services. Through sharing their own experiences of recovery, Peer Support Workers will build positive and trusting relationships, helping young people and families discover their own strengths and feel hopeful about their future. Duties of the role include + Modelling principles of hope, recovery and self-belief in all aspects of their work with young people and families. + Sharing coping, self-help and self-management techniques with children, young people and their carers. This often includes promoting and completing recovery and wellness plans with young people, both individually and in group settings. + Supporting young people to access the community or other meaningful activity to promote their independence and emotional and social development. + Supporting young people who may be struggling with transitions out of, or across, services. + Contributing to the development of children and young person's involvement and participation in our CYP services to ensure we are capturing and acting on lived experience voices. + Supporting young people to access the community or other meaningful activity to promote their independence and emotional and social development. + Supporting young people who may be struggling with transitions out of, or across, services.

Do you have lived experience of mental health difficulties in adolescence? Do you want to use your lived experience of recovery to help others?, As the CYP Peer Support Team works across a number of our CYP mental health teams, it is important to have excellent communication skills and work creatively to help young people and families have a positive experience of our services.

Working for our organisation Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this! We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Childcare Vouchers
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today: Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Abbie Futter, via email at [email protected] or by telephone .