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Job summary

Main area
Enablement Pathway
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm except bank holidays)
Job ref
444-7940801-MH
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Avenue House
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Peer Support Worker - Band 3

NHS AfC: Band 3

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

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Candidate Information Pack

Job overview

Enablement Pathway -

This is an exciting opportunity for people who have lived experience to work within a dedicated, 
mental health, community enablement pathway, across secondary mental health care services 
within Coventry and Warwickshire. 
We are a team of nurses, support workers, occupational therapists, psychologists who are part of a 
well-established but expanding multidisciplinary team. The Enablement Team are using the ethos of 
CHIME (Connections, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment0 to promote the work we do.  

This opportunity will utilise the specialism of ……………..to work within a rehabilitative framework of 
empowering and enabling, whilst maximising independence and adhering to a recovery focused 
outcome whether this be employment, training or sustained meaningful activity and routine.

The successful applicant work as part of a team that provides services to vulnerable people, some 
with complex mental health needs and provide evidence based interventions working across 
boundaries of care, organisations and roles.

To build links with and liaise with external agencies to work together in a collaborative approach to 
meet the needs of the person accessing services.  

To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support.  

To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care across 
sector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff. 

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached supporting information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • flexible working opportunities
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support groups.

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support.
  • To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff.
  • To work effectively as a member of a team to engage individuals in a number of activities and engagement with services.
  • To support people accessing services to identify their recovery pathway and ways in which they can achieve their own goals.
  • To support the team in implementing care planned interventions, including those supporting families and carers.
  • To provide practical support to people in developing and managing dignity and independence.
  • To support people accessing services with issues around benefits, housing and welfare rights.
  • To provide support with daily living.
  • To provide information on health promotion.
  • To promote involvement within the service for the person accessing services and carer (friends and family).
  • To maintain a flexible approach to encourage engagement.
  • To gain advice and support when needed with team practitioners and team managers and attend regular supervision in accordance with Trust policy, to ensure care and safety is maintained
  • To offer occasional input to lived experience forums within the local area to support shared good practice of your lived experience and professional role.

 

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to undertake within role: online training, care certificate, internal training relevant to sharing lived experience
  • Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant lived experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Health/safety and risk awareness
  • Lived experience of accessing an early intervention in psychosis service and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
  • Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs
  • Experience of working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early as it may attract high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tinashe Sarai
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07469 378947
Additional information

For further information or an informal chat about these posts then please contact:

[email protected]

Tel: 07469 378947

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