Job Title: Mental Health Peer Support Worker
Reports To: Locality Team Lead/Mental Health Service Lead
Employer: Red Rose Recovery Lancashire
Number of Posts and Base:
3 x Full time posts based at Red Rose Recovery Blackburn Office, 16 Darwen Street, Blackburn, BB2 2BY, working across Blackburn with Darwen.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,000 pa
Duration: until 31/03/27 with the potential of a further 2 years
Valid driving license and access to a vehicle is essential
Background to Red Rose Recovery
Red Rose Recovery (RRR) was established as a charity in 2012 and has become nationally recognised as a pioneering organisation in developing recovery systems and creating opportunities for people affected by substance misuse, offending behaviours and mental health. We operate across Lancashire and Cumbria and work with a wide range of partner organisations in many different settings to build accessible and inclusive pathways for personal development and recovery. 95% of our staff have personal experience of multiple disadvantage and they provide inspiration and hope to people who are still struggling to find a way forward. RRR also supports and helps co-ordinate the Lancashire User Forum which is the UK’s largest mutual aid forum and active service user group delivering community action and recovery support across the county.
Job Summary:
Red Rose Recovery is commissioned for a number of objectives, including:
- to establish and develop recovery communities across Lancashire.
- to support people with complex, multiple needs and vulnerabilities.
The role of the Mental Health Peer Support Worker is vital to the delivery of these objectives. Following our model, you will be expected to work on both a group and a 1:1 basis with people with various needs. You will need to assess these needs, devise support plans and link in with other agencies to deliver this support. Some support may be delivered in house by Red Rose Recovery staff, others will be with external partners. You may need to assist the client to access this support, in other cases you may only need to signpost. Every case will be different and each will have a unique plan with the service user at the heart of it. We aim to make a long-term, positive and sustainable difference to people’s lives.
Asset Based Community Development is an underpinning ethos of the work of Red Rose Recovery. We look to uncover both our staff and client’s skills and abilities, building up their strengths, as opposed to always focusing on their deficits or what may be wrong in their life.
You will be expected to maintain detailed, accurate records for each client on our internal database and work towards agreed, realistic targets.
You will reach out to other services in the community, develop links and build networks that you can utilise for referral pathways and share your knowledge with colleagues within the team.
You will also be expected to be an advocate for Red Rose Recovery and The Lancashire User Forum.
To apply for these posts, you must have a lived experience of facing multiple disadvantages, in particular Mental Health.
Responsibilities:
- To contact referrals, assess and identify their needs.
- To develop and work through a support plan, in partnership with the service user.
- To build networks with other agencies who can add additional support to our clients in line with their support plan
- To assist with attending appointments set by GP or NHS services providers
- Support the client to access other services
- To support clients into other Red Rose Recovery groups and activities
- To facilitate groups, including 5 ways to wellbeing and Hope & Beyond
- To maintain detailed, accurate notes and add these into our internal database
- To liaise with the wider team supporting the needs of our members and volunteers within the community.
- To work with Red Rose Recovery partner organisations to ensure the best use of time and resources.
- To raise awareness of the work of Red Rose Recovery by promoting a good public image.
- Taking part in, supporting and helping to grow the Lancashire User Forum
- To work in accordance with all Red Rose Recovery policies and procedures.
- Ensure any safeguarding disclosures are dealt with appropriately and in accordance with Red Rose Recovery policy
General:
- Ensure health and safety compliance at all times.
- To be a strong member of the team and act as an ambassador for Red Rose Recovery and the Lancashire User Forum
- To maintain confidentiality at all times.
- To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures.
- To establish and maintain a positive working relationship with service providers, commissioners, stakeholders and other partner agencies.
- To undertake training as identified via personal development planning process.
- To undertake other duties commensurate to the grade of the post.