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An exciting opportunity has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust's (CNTW). The role will be for a Peer Supporter for the Mother and Baby Unit (Beadnell Ward) at St Georges Park Hospital in Morpeth. The Mother and Baby Unit is a six bedded inpatient specialist perinatal ward, for women suffering with perinatal illness. The Peer Supporter role is a valuable part of the multi-disciplinary support that the ward provides women and their families. The role is aimed at someone who has experienced perinatal mental illness and sought support for this. You will use your knowledge and direct lived experience of having perinatal mental illness, and be able to share this to provide support for the women who are admitted onto the ward and their families.
Job Responsibility:
Support and engage service users and their families
Support women to access various support organisations
Facilitate groups for the women and their babies
Empower women to have their voices heard in their own care
Help staff to understand the challenges that perinatal illness can bring
Requirements:
Good level of secondary education
Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme
Personal lived experience of secondary mental health services and own recovery journey
Understanding of personal values and beliefs
Good interpersonal and team-working skills
Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner
Ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post
Nice to have:
Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training or other similar peer support training
Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training