Carers Peer Support Worker Parklands Hospital

The role of Carer's Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of caring for a friend or family member experiencing mental distress. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, Carer's Peer Support Workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.

The Carer's Peer Support Worker works collaboratively and aims to improve the wellbeing of families and carers of people who use Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services. The post holder will support carers directly, provide support to carers' groups, develop and maintain relationships with service provider teams, and contribute to service development.

The post holder will work in partnership with families and carers, multidisciplinary teams, and statutory, voluntary and community-sector organisations to support recovery, communication and access to appropriate support.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

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