Support Worker Job Summary
At Risk Mental State (ARMS) Peer Support Worker Band 4, 37.5 hours per week Permanent Contract
UK driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role
Support Worker Main Duties
The main purpose of this role is to support service users to establish greater control over their lives, helping to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose whilst recognizing that each individual’s recovery is a distinctive and deeply personal process.
As an integral and valued member of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team working in Essex, you will provide support to individuals within the service by role modelling and using your lived experience to support service users and guide the service in being more person centered.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Level of educational attainment to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Completion of own Wellness Recovery Action Plan ( WRAP) or whole life plan
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of peer support
- Related Health or Social care qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a Peer Support Worker role.
- Lived Experience of mental health challenges, recovery and wellness planning.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
