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<p><strong>Rethink Mental Illness are hiring an experienced Team Leader to join our inspiring and friendly team at our Newton Poppleford - Sidmouth– Devon ECRS Service (CQC Recovery Service)</strong></p><p><br><strong>Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. </strong></p><p><br><strong>The service provides 24/7 support&nbsp;– As a Team Leader you will mostly work from Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work.</strong>&nbsp;</p><p><br>Our Sidmouth services provide housing-related support for people with high support needs. The purpose of the service is to enable people placed out of area to return to Devon. The service aims to support people in gaining the skills they need to live independently.</p><p><br><strong>As a Team Leader your Key Duties and Responsibilities will be:</strong></p><p><br><strong>Work Allocation and Monitoring:</strong> Assign tasks and responsibilities within the team. Ensure that team members are meeting service objectives, while also planning and prioritising key tasks.<br><strong>Resource Management:</strong> Ensure adequate staffing levels to meet service outcomes.<br><strong>Role Modelling and Practice Guidance:</strong> Lead by example, demonstrating professional values and behaviours. Provide expertise and guidance to the team on issues related to best practices.<br><strong>Team Support and Development: </strong>Coach and mentor team members through individual and group supervision. Support team members' professional development within budgetary constraints.<br><strong>Recruitment and Induction</strong>: Assist with hiring new staff and volunteers. Lead their induction and onboarding into the service.<br>Communication and Information Sharing: Ensure team members are informed about organisational updates and service developments.<br><strong>Quality Improvement: </strong>Work collaboratively with the team to improve service quality and seek innovative approaches.&nbsp;<br><strong>Administrative Responsibilities: </strong>Oversee administrative tasks, data collection, and reporting requirements. Ensure the quality and accuracy of data and information (RIS/RIVO systems, if applicable).</p><p><br><strong>Essential Skills and Experience Required:</strong><br>This role demands strong leadership skills, particularly in managing a team within a care or mental health context. It requires a blend of practical experience, a deep understanding of recovery, and an ability to maintain high standards of care and service delivery.</p><ul>	<li>Experience in Mental Health or Social Care: Direct experience supporting individuals with mental health issues or working in a social care environment in a paid or voluntary role.</li>	<li>Recovery Principles: A solid understanding of recovery principles and integrating them into daily practice.</li>	<li>Assessment and Planning: Proficient in assessing individual needs and risks. Able to create, implement, and review personalised support and risk management plans.</li></ul><p><br><strong>Who are we?&nbsp;</strong><br>We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”&nbsp;<br>It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.&nbsp;</p><p><br><strong>Diversity, Equity, Inclusion&nbsp;</strong><br>Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. &nbsp;We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation&nbsp;</strong><br>We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here.&nbsp;</p><p><br>We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.&nbsp;<br>Please see further details on our website &nbsp;<br>You can also follow us on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram and LinkedIn to find out more about the work we do!&nbsp;<br>If you have any questions about the position, please contact <a href="mailto:-recruitment@rethink.org" target="_blank">-recruitment@rethink.org</a>&nbsp;</p><p>IND1</p>

Rethink Mental Illness

Team Leader

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic Arts
Principal Lead to join the Adult Directorates Community Services. </p><p>You will have strong leadership skills and will be
responsible for leading a highly skilled team who provide services for people
with severe and complex mental health needs. You will have experience of Adult
Mental Health Community settings, provision of supervision and working in MDT
teams.</p><p>Psychological professions are highly valued by the Trust and
key contributors to many new developments in services and the overall strategic
vision to provide efficient and trauma informed care. </p><p>You will be a member of the Psychology Professional Lead
team working with the Strategic Lead for Adult Mental Health, assisting with
the implementation of our Strategic Plan and ensuring good governance for the
Psychological Practice.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>In this role you will be providing psychological leadership
for the Arts Therapists and support the provision of psychologically informed
care. You would also support access to effective and efficient evidence based
psychological therapy across clinical pathways and hold a small caseload.</p><p>The Psychology Service supports close links with the local
DClinPsy and DCounsPsych training courses (Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol) and we
welcome trainees from all of the different psychological professions.</p><p>In addition to clinical supervision, there will be
opportunities to meet regularly with the other psychologists and psychological
therapists for CPD events. Additional training and career development
opportunities are encouraged and supported. The South West Psychology
Profession Network is a well-established professional community attend by a
range of professions from across the region providing a forum to discuss issues
of local and national importance, networking opportunities and sharing
learning.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>About Devon Partnership Trust</strong></p><p>We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist &amp; secure services for the wider south west region &amp; nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health &amp; wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise &amp; resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe &amp; focused on people's recovery.</p><p>We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families &amp; carers in everything we do</p><p><strong>Our values</strong></p><p>We not only recruit based on qualifications &amp; experience - we recruit individuals who possess &amp; demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity &amp; compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves &amp; others, &amp; being open to new ideas.</p><p>We are committed to being an inclusive employer &amp; applications are encouraged &amp; welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time &amp; flexible working applications will be considered &amp; supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,455 to £74,896 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>C9369-25-0796</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>The Briars </p>
      <p>Crabb Lane</p>
      <p>Exeter</p>
            <p>EX2 9JD</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Job Purpose</p><p>The principal purpose
of the job is to provide leadership, clinical governance and management support
to the Creative Therapies service for the adult community services.</p><p>To improve the
psychological health &amp; wellbeing of people
across the range of ability
through the use of creative therapies in any one or more area of
specialism such as in Art, Music, Drama, Dance or Movement) This will be
achieved in this post by:</p><p>1. To
ensure the systematic provision of high quality creative therapies using a
range of modalities and media</p><p>2. To
ensure equitable access to populations with diverse mental health needs,
including people with varied learning needs. </p><p>3. Providing
clinical leadership, managerial responsibility, co-ordination and supervision
for staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the creative
therapy service.</p><p>4. Carrying
a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to
patients and professionals.</p><p>5. To
work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility
for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the creative
therapies</p><p>6. The post holder with receive regular professional
and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional
Practice Guidelines set out by Health Professions Council and
appropriate designated Professional
Body.</p><p>7. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise. The post holder
will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of
employment.</p><p>8. Contributing
to the management of the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Unit.</p><p>9. Providing
Clinical and professional leadership, advice to other managers and ensuring
appropriate supervision of arts therapists across the whole trust.</p><p>10. Involvement
nationally with other arts therapies leads to raise profile of DPT and move
arts therapies progress in line with other NHS trusts</p>  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Job Purpose</p><p>The principal purpose
of the job is to provide leadership, clinical governance and management support
to the Creative Therapies service for the adult community services.</p><p>To improve the
psychological health &amp; wellbeing of people
across the range of ability
through the use of creative therapies in any one or more area of
specialism such as in Art, Music, Drama, Dance or Movement) This will be
achieved in this post by:</p><p>1. To
ensure the systematic provision of high quality creative therapies using a
range of modalities and media</p><p>2. To
ensure equitable access to populations with diverse mental health needs,
including people with varied learning needs. </p><p>3. Providing
clinical leadership, managerial responsibility, co-ordination and supervision
for staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the creative
therapy service.</p><p>4. Carrying
a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to
patients and professionals.</p><p>5. To
work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility
for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the creative
therapies</p><p>6. The post holder with receive regular professional
and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional
Practice Guidelines set out by Health Professions Council and
appropriate designated Professional
Body.</p><p>7. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise. The post holder
will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of
employment.</p><p>8. Contributing
to the management of the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Unit.</p><p>9. Providing
Clinical and professional leadership, advice to other managers and ensuring
appropriate supervision of arts therapists across the whole trust.</p><p>10. Involvement
nationally with other arts therapies leads to raise profile of DPT and move
arts therapies progress in line with other NHS trusts</p>    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Experience of work in Creative Therapies in a range of service settings or agencies </li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts</li>
        
        <li>Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and  social inequality</li>
        
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Specialist professional knowledge acquired through arts or other  appropriate degree with Additional training in the relevant arts psychotherapy to masters degree plus experience to accreditable standard - Registered with HCPC.</li>
        
        <li>OR</li>
        
        <li>Qualified Post doctoral Applied Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), with specialist interest and experience in one or more Creative therapy to a professional standard - Registration with HCPC</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Further training and specialist training and experience (post-masters degree) in clinical specialism/arts therapy method</li>
          
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of work in Creative Therapies in a range of service settings or agencies </li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts</li>
          
          <li>Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and  social inequality</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Specialist professional knowledge acquired through arts or other  appropriate degree with Additional training in the relevant arts psychotherapy to masters degree plus experience to accreditable standard - Registered with HCPC.</li>
          
          <li>OR</li>
          
          <li>Qualified Post doctoral Applied Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), with specialist interest and experience in one or more Creative therapy to a professional standard - Registration with HCPC</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Further training and specialist training and experience (post-masters degree) in clinical specialism/arts therapy method</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Briars </p>
      <p>Crabb Lane</p>
      <p>Exeter</p>
            <p>EX2 9JD</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>The Briars </p>
          <p>Crabb Lane</p>
          <p>Exeter</p>
                    <p>EX2 9JD</p>
        
      

      
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NHS Jobs

Arts Therapist Principal Lead

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Peer
Support Worker within the South Hams Core Adult Community Mental Health Team based
at Leatside Surgery. This is a part-time position, working 22.5 per week. You need to have the ability to travel to meet the demands of the role.</p><p>The successful candidate will be joining a
dynamic, motivated and skilled service and help the team in the South Hams Core
Adult Mental Health Team build upon the successful work they have and
continue to achieve. The team are
proactively engaging with the local Primary Care Network, working alongside local GP Surgeries.</p><p>The role of Peer Support Worker has been developed
specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health challenges. </p><p>Through sharing your own experiences, this may
inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.</p><p>As an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, you will provide formalised peer support to service users in order for them to achieve goals that they have identified for themselves. This will include signposting to other organisations and connection to local communities.</p><p>This job may be emotionally challenging at times,
but you will receive supervision, guidance and training
from colleagues within the Community Mental Health team, the Peer Support
Leadership team and the wider organisation.</p><p><strong><em>Please ensure you read the opening statement under the Job Description heading before submitting your application.</em></strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p> To form and maintain therapeutic
relationships with patients, staff and other members of the mental health team.</p><p> To support service users by
building relationships of empathy and trust based on the core principles of peer support (mutuality, reciprocity, strengths-focused, safe, progressive, non-directive, recovery-focused and inclusive).</p><p> To share ideas about ways of
supporting self-defined recovery goals, drawing on personal experiences and a
range of coping, self-help and self-management techniques.</p><p> To provide support to individuals in gaining choice,
developing and managing meaning and purpose of life and independence, and
maintaining dignity and self-respect</p><p> To support access and facilitation of activity sessions both
on a one-to-one and group basis for service users</p>  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>About Devon Partnership Trust</strong></p><p>We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist &amp; secure services for the wider south west region &amp; nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health &amp; wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise &amp; resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe &amp; focused on people's recovery.</p><p>We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families &amp; carers in everything we do</p><p><strong>Our values</strong></p><p>We not only recruit based on qualifications &amp; experience - we recruit individuals who possess &amp; demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity &amp; compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves &amp; others, &amp; being open to new ideas.</p><p>We are committed to being an inclusive employer &amp; applications are encouraged &amp; welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time &amp; flexible working applications will be considered &amp; supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
        pro rata (22.5 hours per week)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>C9369-25-0659</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>Leatside Surgery</p>
      
      <p>Babbage Road</p>
            <p>Totnes</p>
      <p>Devon</p>
      <p>TQ9 5JA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>This is not a healthcare support worker role. This role is a peer support opportunity and is designed for people with lived experience. Lived experience means someone has gained an understanding and knowledge of a situation or challenge because they have directly and personally experienced it. We are looking for someone who has lived experience of accessing and negotiating secondary mental health services and personal experience of being significantly impacted by mental illness and recovery.</strong></p><p><strong>As part of our shortlisting process and to ensure transparency and to maintain the high standards required for working at DPT, we may ask candidates to provide further details relating to their lived experience from their application. If you do not have relevant lived experience for this peer support role, you will not be invited to interview.</strong></p><p><strong>We understand that you may need to use AI as a reasonable adjustment, so if you have used AI in your application, please make us aware</strong></p><p>The peer support worker role has been developed specifically for people who have personal lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, peer support workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.</p><p>As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the PSW will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to patients and service users in order to work with them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of reciprocity they will journey with service users to promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of individually identified goals, working with people towards gaining greater independence and in managing their own health and wellbeing.</p><p>The PSW will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. As a core member of the multidisciplinary team, the PSW will work alongside an agreed number of patients and service users on a 1:1 and/or group basis.</p><p>The PSW will take a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service setting in which they work with other Trust recovery champions. Reporting directly to the Team Leader/Ward manager and under the professional supervision of the Peer Support Worker Lead, the PSW will be responsible for the delivery of peer support interventions as agreed within the peer relationship.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>This is not a healthcare support worker role. This role is a peer support opportunity and is designed for people with lived experience. Lived experience means someone has gained an understanding and knowledge of a situation or challenge because they have directly and personally experienced it. We are looking for someone who has lived experience of accessing and negotiating secondary mental health services and personal experience of being significantly impacted by mental illness and recovery.</strong></p><p><strong>As part of our shortlisting process and to ensure transparency and to maintain the high standards required for working at DPT, we may ask candidates to provide further details relating to their lived experience from their application. If you do not have relevant lived experience for this peer support role, you will not be invited to interview.</strong></p><p><strong>We understand that you may need to use AI as a reasonable adjustment, so if you have used AI in your application, please make us aware</strong></p><p>The peer support worker role has been developed specifically for people who have personal lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, peer support workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.</p><p>As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the PSW will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to patients and service users in order to work with them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of reciprocity they will journey with service users to promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of individually identified goals, working with people towards gaining greater independence and in managing their own health and wellbeing.</p><p>The PSW will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. As a core member of the multidisciplinary team, the PSW will work alongside an agreed number of patients and service users on a 1:1 and/or group basis.</p><p>The PSW will take a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service setting in which they work with other Trust recovery champions. Reporting directly to the Team Leader/Ward manager and under the professional supervision of the Peer Support Worker Lead, the PSW will be responsible for the delivery of peer support interventions as agreed within the peer relationship.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Basic Education (Level 2 Qualification). </li>
        
        <li>To complete Care Certificate training within the first 3-6 months of joining unless already obtained</li>
        
        <li>Basic IT skills</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>NVQ level 3, QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or experience/ equivalent working experience using lived experience. </li>
          
          <li>Other evidence of training or development relevant to working within mental health settings (statutory or voluntary).</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery from mental health challenges. </li>
        
        <li>Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others. </li>
        
        <li>Lived experience of accessing and negotiating secondary mental health services  or equivalent experience from private healthcare/lived experience relevant to patient group</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate a willingness to share own experience of mental health with the sole intention of supporting service users. </li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of mental health and a basic understanding of physical health presentations.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Personal experience of being significantly impacted by mental illness and recovery)</li>
          
          <li>Paid or unpaid working experience in health and social care. </li>
          
          <li>Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards their self-defined goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid). </li>
          
          <li>Awareness of safeguarding principles.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge &amp; Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate effectively with people using services taking into account any communication difficulties they may have and responding appropriately.</li>
        
        <li>To maintain confidentiality, empathy, compassion and patience towards individuals with mental health challenges.</li>
        
        <li>An ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work with people in a group and individual basis.</li>
        
        <li>Good written communication.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate an ability and understanding about how and why we need to maintain personal professional boundaries.</li>
        
        <li>To participate in unsupervised tasks and provide accurate feedback to relevant parties.</li>
        
        <li>Mobility throughout the area covered by service to meet the demands of the role</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Basic Education (Level 2 Qualification). </li>
          
          <li>To complete Care Certificate training within the first 3-6 months of joining unless already obtained</li>
          
          <li>Basic IT skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>NVQ level 3, QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or experience/ equivalent working experience using lived experience. </li>
            
            <li>Other evidence of training or development relevant to working within mental health settings (statutory or voluntary).</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery from mental health challenges. </li>
          
          <li>Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others. </li>
          
          <li>Lived experience of accessing and negotiating secondary mental health services  or equivalent experience from private healthcare/lived experience relevant to patient group</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate a willingness to share own experience of mental health with the sole intention of supporting service users. </li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of mental health and a basic understanding of physical health presentations.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Personal experience of being significantly impacted by mental illness and recovery)</li>
            
            <li>Paid or unpaid working experience in health and social care. </li>
            
            <li>Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards their self-defined goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid). </li>
            
            <li>Awareness of safeguarding principles.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge &amp; Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate effectively with people using services taking into account any communication difficulties they may have and responding appropriately.</li>
          
          <li>To maintain confidentiality, empathy, compassion and patience towards individuals with mental health challenges.</li>
          
          <li>An ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work with people in a group and individual basis.</li>
          
          <li>Good written communication.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate an ability and understanding about how and why we need to maintain personal professional boundaries.</li>
          
          <li>To participate in unsupervised tasks and provide accurate feedback to relevant parties.</li>
          
          <li>Mobility throughout the area covered by service to meet the demands of the role</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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      <p>Leatside Surgery</p>
      
      <p>Babbage Road</p>
            <p>Totnes</p>
      <p>Devon</p>
      <p>TQ9 5JA</p>
    
  

  
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        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Leatside Surgery</p>
          
          <p>Babbage Road</p>
                    <p>Totnes</p>
          <p>Devon</p>
          <p>TQ9 5JA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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