Job overview

The Recovery Coach Team (RCT) is a time-limited service available to individuals aged 17 and over. The team provides a supportive step-down pathway for patients transitioning from secondary care services back into the community.

Using a combination of coaching techniques delivered by Recovery Coaches, educational sessions delivered by Peer Trainers and lived experience offered by Peer Support Workers, the service delivers a mix of one-to-one and group sessions designed to help patients reconnect with and engage in their communities.

As the RCT prepares for an exciting relaunch, we are seeking a motivated and passionate peer with a clear understanding of how empowering individuals through education can support their discharge from NHS services, so they can continue their ongoing recovery journey within their local community.

You will be confident and creative in engaging adult learners and have previous experience of delivering to a wide range of differing audiences. 

This role can be hybrid however weekly face to face work is essential.

Main duties of the job

As a Peer Trainer within the Recovery Coach Team you will be expected to deliver sessions based around empowerment, resilience and independence. These sessions have been co-produced and will be co delivered with either a Recovery Coach or a Peer Support Worker. 

You will be expected to take on board feedback alongside other facilitators and bring examples of development/best practice to team meetings and supervision for further exploration and implementation. 

You will role model that peers can live and thrive outside of NHS services - connecting them to the Peer Support Workers within the team who can continue to support them in their ongoing recovery journey. 

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk