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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Due to internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity within Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for a person with lived experience of Mental Health conditions to use their experience to support others as a Peer Support Worker within the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Team, who support service users in the community with their employment goals.</p> <p>You will provide support to individuals within the service by role modelling and using your lived experience to support service users in their recovery and employment journey.</p> <p>Service users will be seen mainly in defined localities within Lincolnshire but cover for other geographical areas covered by the Trust may be required if the need arises.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To act as a role model to service users and their carers to inspire hope that recovery is possible.</p> <p>To share life experiences and lessons learnt as a person in recovery.</p> <p>To share your own and other examples of lived experience of recovery.</p> <p>To support service users to identify and access meaningful activities in the community</p> <p>To empower service users to create a supportive network.</p> <p>To use a number of agreed recovery tools e.g. SMART goals in a flexible way to support the service user.</p> <p>To support the service user to communicate or involve mental health professionals and wider support network.</p> <p>To promote service user involvement in all aspects of their work.</p> <p>To use peer experience to co-facilitate groups and training to service users and/or staff members</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.</p>
<p>You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!</p>
<p>We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.</p>
<p>This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>20 August 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
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>274-11621-AC</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Carholme Court</p>
      <p>Long Leys Road</p>
      <p>Lincoln</p>
            <p>LN1 1FS</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p><strong>Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p><strong>Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.</li>
        
        <li>Ability and confidence to use a computer</li>
        
        <li>Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner while working within appropriate guidelines</li>
        
        <li>Able to relate empathically with people</li>
        
        <li>Ability to assist people to develop their own recovery plans</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to promote the concept of recovery in all work carried out</li>
        
        <li>Ability to support people to make the best of local resources including support networks</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage conflict and support others to do so</li>
        
        <li>Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgemental, respectful and compassionate attitude</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work collaboratively within a multi disciplinary team</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Lived experience of mental health issues</li>
        
        <li>Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role</li>
        
        <li>Experience of operating in an environment that requires confidentiality</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of accessing specialist services</li>
          
          <li>Able to relate to a wide range of people across different organisational boundaries</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Satisfactory level of Secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this).</li>
        
        <li>Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role</li>
        
        <li>ImROC or Institute of mental health peer support worker training or ability to complete this when in post</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or use of similar self-management techniques. Awareness/ability of how to adapt this to make it suitable to share within the work place</li>
          
          <li>Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.</li>
          
          <li>Recovery college course qualification.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Special Requirements
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to travel independently without the use of public transport to other locations in a timely manner</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.</li>
          
          <li>Ability and confidence to use a computer</li>
          
          <li>Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner while working within appropriate guidelines</li>
          
          <li>Able to relate empathically with people</li>
          
          <li>Ability to assist people to develop their own recovery plans</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to promote the concept of recovery in all work carried out</li>
          
          <li>Ability to support people to make the best of local resources including support networks</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage conflict and support others to do so</li>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate a patient, non-judgemental, respectful and compassionate attitude</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work collaboratively within a multi disciplinary team</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Lived experience of mental health issues</li>
          
          <li>Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role</li>
          
          <li>Experience of operating in an environment that requires confidentiality</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of accessing specialist services</li>
            
            <li>Able to relate to a wide range of people across different organisational boundaries</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Satisfactory level of Secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this).</li>
          
          <li>Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role</li>
          
          <li>ImROC or Institute of mental health peer support worker training or ability to complete this when in post</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or use of similar self-management techniques. Awareness/ability of how to adapt this to make it suitable to share within the work place</li>
            
            <li>Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.</li>
            
            <li>Recovery college course qualification.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Special Requirements
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to travel independently without the use of public transport to other locations in a timely manner</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <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>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Carholme Court</p>
      <p>Long Leys Road</p>
      <p>Lincoln</p>
            <p>LN1 1FS</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Carholme Court</p>
          <p>Long Leys Road</p>
          <p>Lincoln</p>
                    <p>LN1 1FS</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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Peer Support Worker

<p><strong>Female Mental health Support Worker</strong></p> <p>Location - Lincoln</p> <p>£12.21 per hour</p> <p><br> <strong>Role Description Female Mental health Support Worker</strong></p> <p>Gray Healthcare are recruiting a Female Mental health support worker within the Lincoln area of Lincolnshire to support a lady in her 50 s who has a diagnosis of Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia and Frontal Lobe Syndrome</p> <p><br> The female we support lives independently in her own home receiving 1:2:1 support 24 hours a day. </p> <p><br> Her interests include gardening, music, hair and nails, fashion, and cooking especially dishes that feature cheese, her favourite food. She also enjoys spending time in the community, going to the cinema, shopping, and dining out.</p> <p>She will be supported by a female team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights </p> <p><br> <strong>Support Worker Required Skills and Experienc</strong><strong>e</strong></p> <ul> <li>Social care experience, ideally within Mental health and with some experience of supporting individuals with Schizophrenia.</li> <li>Experience providing encouragement to a person with complex health needs.</li> <li>Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.</li> <li>Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.</li> <li>You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. </li> <li>We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.</li> <li>This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hours</strong><br> 36 Contract 3x 12 day shifts per week 8pm to 8am (Alternative weekends)</p> <p><br> <strong>Induction and Training</strong></p> <p><br> We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.</p> <p><strong>Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>Highly competitive salary</li> <li>Fully paid induction and training</li> <li>Company pension</li> <li>Professional development</li> <li>28 Days (Including Bank Holidays)</li> <li>Blue light card</li> <li>Additional annual leave with each year's service up to a maximum of 33 days</li> </ul> <p><strong>About Us</strong><br> Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services. At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities giving them control of their life. We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.</p>

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