Perinatal Peer Support Worker London, England
Job description
An exciting development is occurring within the Perinatal Services - as part of this development, we will be enhancing the peer support aspect of the service. This is a brilliant opportunity for an Expert by Experience to join the service and to help develop peer support within Perinatal Services.
The post holder will contribute their lived experience knowledge and expertise in supporting the organisation to embed peer-led, recovery-focused services.
Perinatal Community Services are a mental health team, offering assessment and treatment to mums (and families) during the perinatal period. The services operate on Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00.
It will assist mothers to establish greater control over their lives, help to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose whilst recognising that an individual’s recovery is a distinct and deeply personal process thus improving the mother/infant relationship and parenting confidence.
As part of the Perinatal team the post holder will provide practical, individual/group support to mothers within the service using their own lived experience and role modelling to enhance the therapeutic relationship and enable mothers to achieve their individual recovery goals.
This role is to support mothers during the perinatal period working as part of Perinatal Community Services and the Mother & Baby Unit (MBU).
It will assist mothers to establish greater control over their lives, help to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose whilst recognising that an individual’s recovery is a distinct and deeply personal process thus improving the mother/infant relationship and parenting confidence.
As part of the Perinatal team the post holder will provide practical, individual support to mothers within the service using their own lived experience and role modelling to enhance the therapeutic relationship and enable mothers to achieve their individual recovery goals.
NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organizations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
- To act as a role model to service users and their partners and families to inspire hope that recovery is possible.
- To act as a role model to service users and their partners and families to inspire hope that recovery is possible.
- To work in a way that acknowledges the personal, social, cultural and spiritual strengths of the person.
- To assist with group work.
- To be aware of, teach others and challenge issues in relation to stigma, low expectations and anti-discriminatory practice as appropriate.
