Service User Network (SUN) Specialist Clinician

This post provides the opportunity to contribute specialist clinical skills to a new development in the Bedfordshire and Luton complex emotional needs offer - a Service User Network (SUN). The SUN service is a collaboration between the East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) Bedfordshire and Luton Complex Needs Service and Mind-BLMK, which will be responsible for operational management. SUN is an open access inclusive model of community-based facilitated group peer support for people experiencing complex emotional needs associated with complex trauma and/or a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'. The facilitated SUN groups will provide a structured, containing and supportive group environment that people with complex emotional needs can choose to access during the week, and will be delivered online and/or in person in different geographical locations across Bedfordshire and Luton., The post holder will work collaboratively as a member of the integrated SUN team, which will include a Service Manager and Specialist Clinical SUN Facilitators employed by ELFT, and Lived Experience SUN Facilitators employed by Mind-BLMK. Full training in the SUN model, and weekly supervision by a Psychotherapist/Psychologist, will be provided for all team members. The post-holder will co-facilitate SUN peer support groups with Lived Experience SUN Facilitators, and will take the lead on working with Lived Experience co-facilitators and SUN group members to support new members to identify risks and develop effective safety plans that draw on available resources. The post-holder will also provide day-to-day support to Lived Experience Facilitators, thereby contributing to their professional development, and will assist the Service Manager in the delivery of the SUN service by working with them to organize and deliver the programme of groups across Bedfordshire and Luton.

The post holder will be required to actively participate in weekly SUN supervision and team business meetings, and will deliver presentations to teams, services and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations across primary and secondary care to promote and publicise the SUN service. The post holder will also contribute to the co-produced development of the SUN service through participation in clinical audit, service evaluation and quality improvement projects.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations