Peer Support Worker

The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:

• To communicate with a variety of people and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust\’s policies and procedures.
• To act as a specialist resource within the service, by offering a unique perspective to service users. To act as an expert on recovery resources.
• To share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals.
• To co-facilitate group therapy, support and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
• To promote opportunities for people with lived experience to raise awareness and promote understanding.
• Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
• Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
• Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
• To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
• To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations and external agencies.
• Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, help lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.