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Trosolwg o'r swydd

We have an exciting opportunity for a peer support worker (PSW) to join our Community Forensic Service.

The role of a Peer Support Worker (PSW) within our Community Forensic Service is for individuals who have lived experience of mental health difficulties requiring access to secondary mental health services , namely forensic mental health services and/or involvement with the criminal justice system.  

It is essential as part of this role the peer support worker uses their own lived experience of accessing forensic services. Peer support workers inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. As a peer support worker (PSW) you will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to patients in order for them to regain control over their health and wellbeing to lead meaningful lives and to develop their own unique recovery process.

The Community Forensic Service (CFS), work with service users to support them to live their best lives in the community. We do this by providing specialist assessments and interventions for our patient group including those within the transforming care cohort. We work with mentally disordered offenders who present a significant risk of harm to others by nature of their mental disorder, including those registered at MAPPA and those subject to conditional discharge under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act.

For further information and to discuss the role contact Paul Bates, Team Manager via email on [email protected]

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Under the supervision of a qualified member of staff, the PSW will support the delivery of a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary community forensic service. The PSW will do this through providing emotional support to help them meet their treatment goals. Through sharing their own experience, PSW's will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible, helping service users to feel more positively about their future.

You will work under the supervision of the community Team (including Nurses, Occupational Therapist's, Social Workers, Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, and Assistant Practitioners) and will have access to support, training and supervision to enable development within the role.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.