Peer Support Worker - Apprenticeship Opportunity

• Provide one-to-one and group peer support to children, young people and families affected by eating disorders, helping them regain control and progress in their recovery journey.
• Use personal lived experience of recovery from an eating disorder to inspire hope, build confidence and demonstrate that recovery is possible.
• Work alongside the multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred support and contribute a service user perspective within clinical discussions and reviews.
• Support young people to identify and achieve personal recovery goals, improve their quality of life and increase community participation.
• Establish positive, safe and respectful relationships with children, young people and families accessing the service.
• Signpost and connect young people and families to community groups, local resources and partner agencies to strengthen their support networks.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings, reviews and training sessions, promoting recovery-focused and strengths-based approaches to care.
• Maintain accurate records and work closely with clinicians to ensure support is aligned to individual care plans.
• Identify concerns relating to a young person's physical health, mental health or wellbeing and escalate appropriately to the clinical team.
• Contribute to service development, promote positive and non-discriminatory language, and help improve peer support provision across the service.

Essential

• Good level of secondary education to GCSE level
• NVQ Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent qualification) or willingness to undertake a relevant level 3 apprenticeship

Essential

• Lived experience of eating disorder mental health
• Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
• Experience of working in a team or a group environment
• Experience of supporting others
• Experience of working independently
• Able to motivate others & self

Desirable

• Experience with working with children
• Experience of working within health and social care community
• Experience of working in the public sector
• Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others
• Experience of working across different organisational boundaries
• Experience of working across different cultural boundaries

Essential

• Good written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• Computer literate
• Willing to learn new IT skills
• Able to relate to a wide range of people
• Professional in appearance and behaviour
• Able to manage conflict and to help others to do so
• Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
• High level of self-awareness - ability to critically appraise own performance
• Critical thinker
• Ability to share personal story of eating disorder mental health in a professional manner
• Ability to assist people to develop
• Ability and willing to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
• Ability to work in an enabling and creative way Willing to support children, young people and families with a range of needs, to help them successfully navigate
• Ability to manage stress and to plan and priorities workload
• Ability to carry out practical tasks

Essential

• Understanding and practical experience of being supportive and engaging
• Knowledge and commitment to service users' rights
• Understanding of the impact on children, young people and families identity and when extra support is required for them

Desirable

• To have an appreciation of community resources within the geographical locations of the post and relevant key partners
• An understanding of how eating disorder mental can impact on child's wellbeing
• Understanding of working with clinicians to enable a plan of support to be implemented
• Understanding of the service delivery goals of the care pathways
• Knowledge of local policies in respect of safeguarding children and the protection of vulnerable adults