Peer Supporter

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.
  
  This will be a challenging, but rewarding role, working with the carers and families of the young people using the service. The post holder must be able to work as part of a team, alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues. They must be confident in working alongside and communicating with people and demonstrate strong recovery values in, inspiring hope and empowerment in others.
As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all of our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain their own wellbeing throughout this role. The Post will also involve contributing to the continuing development of the Peer Supporter role and linking in with Third sector organisations and/or recovery colleges.

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., We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.