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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The post-holder will work within a community nursing team visiting patients in their home including care settings to deliver delegated nursing care.</p>
<p>They will assist the registered staff in providing a highly specialized Community Nursing Service to adults. This involves assisting the registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients who require those services.</p>
<p>To contribute to the assessment and the treatment of individual patients on the caseload and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff.</p>
<p>To communicate with patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.</li>
<li>Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.</li>
<li>Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.</li>
<li>Possess basic computer skills.</li>
<li>Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.</li>
<li>Able to work flexibly on a roster basis.</li>
<li>A car driver with access to a car.</li>
</ul>
<p>If so your skills and experience are invaluable to us.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.</p>
<p>We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.</p>
<p>A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:</p>
<p><strong>Vision: </strong>Transforming Lives</p>
<p><strong>Values: </strong>Care, Innovation and Compassion</p>
<p><strong>Mission:</strong> An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.</p>
<p>Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.</p>
<p>We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.</p>
<p><strong>Eligible for NHS Pension</strong></p>
      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>05 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
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>828-PROVIDE3622</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Braintree</p>
            <p>Braintree</p>
            <p>CM7 2GB</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>
<li>Able to carry out delegated tasks.</li>
<li>Able to evaluate difference approaches to task and identify which is the most useful.</li>
<li>Understands when to seek guidance from more expert practitioners</li>
<li>Is aware of the range of equipment and devices that can support independent living.</li>
<li>Takes responsibility for own development and work practice.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Attends regular clinical supervision</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>To be responsible for inputting patient information onto the computer.</li>
<li>Makes judgements, some of which require a comparison of options.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Able to work with others towards shared goals.</li>
<li>Able to listen to, understand and follow lengthy instructions and narratives</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Attending clinical training specifically glucose blood testing and phlebotomy.</li>
<li>Participating in appraisal, supervision and peer review and maintain an up to date development portfolio including evidence of experiential learning, reflective practice and any relevant training and experience. This should demonstrate responsibility for maintaining competency levels.</li>
<li>Maintaining on-going personal development by taking part in relevant training courses as identified in the yearly professional development review. To incorporate acquired knowledge into working practice as appropriate and following discussion with peers and more senior staff. To disseminate information from training to appropriate team members.</li>
<li>Is aware of health and safety practices and procedures and acts in accordance with these</li>
<li>Understands and respects confidentiality</li>
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        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul>
<li>Able to carry out delegated tasks.</li>
<li>Able to evaluate difference approaches to task and identify which is the most useful.</li>
<li>Understands when to seek guidance from more expert practitioners</li>
<li>Is aware of the range of equipment and devices that can support independent living.</li>
<li>Takes responsibility for own development and work practice.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Attends regular clinical supervision</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>To be responsible for inputting patient information onto the computer.</li>
<li>Makes judgements, some of which require a comparison of options.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Able to work with others towards shared goals.</li>
<li>Able to listen to, understand and follow lengthy instructions and narratives</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Attending clinical training specifically glucose blood testing and phlebotomy.</li>
<li>Participating in appraisal, supervision and peer review and maintain an up to date development portfolio including evidence of experiential learning, reflective practice and any relevant training and experience. This should demonstrate responsibility for maintaining competency levels.</li>
<li>Maintaining on-going personal development by taking part in relevant training courses as identified in the yearly professional development review. To incorporate acquired knowledge into working practice as appropriate and following discussion with peers and more senior staff. To disseminate information from training to appropriate team members.</li>
<li>Is aware of health and safety practices and procedures and acts in accordance with these</li>
<li>Understands and respects confidentiality</li>
</ul>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>experience of working in a healthcare setting</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of lone working</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Circumstances
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Car driver with access to a car</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>experience of working in a healthcare setting</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Previous experience of lone working</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Circumstances
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Car driver with access to a car</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent</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>
  

  
    <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>
  

  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <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>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Provide CIC</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Braintree</p>
            <p>Braintree</p>
            <p>CM7 2GB</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Provide CIC</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Braintree</p>
                    <p>Braintree</p>
                    <p>CM7 2GB</p>
        
      

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

NHS Jobs

Health Care Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for you to join our Thames Valley Liaison and Diversion team. You will have a keen interest in Liaison and Diversion and a passion about supporting our service users as they make their way through police custody, court and up to prison.</p> <p>We are a dynamic, people-centred team who are looking for some who is passionate about health outcomes for those making their way through the criminal justice system.</p> <p>With a reputation for excellence, our service is committed to improving the health of our clients, identifying care pathways, and reducing reoffending.</p> <p>Recognised with a number of awards, including a Thames Valley/Hampshire Constabulary Police Commendation, Berkshire Healthcare 'Team of the Year' and runner-up for the Howard League for Penal Reform 'Liaison and Diversion Service of the Year'.</p> <p>We value our employees and put people first. We achieved an 'Outstanding' rating overall in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'Managers across Berkshire Healthcare promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values.'</p> <p>We operate across the Thames Valley are, in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire. Excluding Milton Keynes.</p> <p>7 days a week, 9-5, includes weekend working, based primarily withinpolice custody settings, but also meeting service users within the community and at courts.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This role is focused on providingappropriate and effective triage, screening, and signposting to individuals within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) who may present with a range of vulnerabilities thatmay be linked to their offending behaviour.</p>   <p>It is common for people within the criminal justice system to experience mental health problemsalongside alcohol/drug use problems at the same time.</p>   <p>The role involves enabling and assisting service users to meet daily health, social care, and well-being needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. Thisis with the aim of ensuring that the health needs of individuals who are in the criminal justice system aremet.</p>   <p>The Advanced STR worker will support custody practitioners in conducting triaging and screenings in custody and escalating to a practitioner if acute risk or complex needs are present. They will be responsible in supporting the wider STR workforce with advice and clinical support.</p>   <p>The candidate is required tohave flexibility to travel to localities across the Thames Valley as per roster. The advanced STR workermay also hold a small caseload of complex service users to support their engagement with communityservices.</p>   <p>The post holder will be expected to work alongside council staff, local housing authorities. Also, working closely with Dual Diagnosis Practitioners, local drug and alcohol services, police, probation, and homeless outreach workers.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. </p> <p>Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:</p> <ul>  <li>Caring for and about you is our top priority</li>  <li>Committed to providing good quality, safe services</li>  <li>Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions</li> </ul> <p>Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:</p> <ul>  <li>Flexible working options to support work-life balance</li>  <li>27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell</li>  <li>Generous NHS pension scheme</li>  <li>Excellent learning and career development opportunities</li>  <li>'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles</li>  <li>Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services</li>  <li>Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants</li>  <li>Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality</li>  <li>Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave</li>  <li>Free parking across Trust sites</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>29 July 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 5</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>371-MHS801-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>7-9 Cremyll Road</p>
            <p>Reading</p>
            <p>RG1 8NQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>The must haves for you to be considered for this role:</strong></p> <ul>  <li>Educated to degree level in health and social care or equivalent professional or vocational qualification in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge and/or practical experience of working in health or social care setting and completed the Care Certificate</li>  <li>A warm personality, good communication and people skills.</li>  <li>Driving Licence holder with access to your own vehicle who is prepared to travel across multiple sites in the Thames Valley as required. </li> </ul> <p>For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.</p> <p><strong>We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.</strong></p> <p>Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Kit Walker on 07900782981 or email <a href="mailto:Kit.Walker@berkshire.nhs.uk" target="_blank">Kit.Walker@berkshire.nhs.uk</a>.</p> <p>Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>The must haves for you to be considered for this role:</strong></p> <ul>  <li>Educated to degree level in health and social care or equivalent professional or vocational qualification in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge and/or practical experience of working in health or social care setting and completed the Care Certificate</li>  <li>A warm personality, good communication and people skills.</li>  <li>Driving Licence holder with access to your own vehicle who is prepared to travel across multiple sites in the Thames Valley as required. </li> </ul> <p>For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.</p> <p><strong>We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.</strong></p> <p>Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Kit Walker on 07900782981 or email <a href="mailto:Kit.Walker@berkshire.nhs.uk" target="_blank">Kit.Walker@berkshire.nhs.uk</a>.</p> <p>Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Education/Qualifications/Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Educated to degree level in health and social care or equivalent professional or vocational qualification in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge and/or practical experience of working in health or social care setting.</li>
        
        <li>Completed the Care Certificate.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Continuous Professional Development
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a health and social care setting.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching/training individuals and groups.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of mentoring, supervising, and supporting junior staff.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Previous Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of supporting people with identified vulnerabilities.</li>
        
        <li>Experience working and communicating across multiple agencies and professions.</li>
        
        <li>Experience in managing own workload without direct supervision.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working independently</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working within the criminal justice system.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge, Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Well- developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies, both face to face and by phone.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate well developed written communication skills, with the ability to produce letters, write reports, maintain accurate records, and record statistical information.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate ability to use initiative appropriately, making decisions within the guidelines set</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates an appreciation of the values that underpin the delivery of care.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising staff, volunteers, or peer mentors.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Flexible and adaptable to change.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Additional Requirements
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to travel to multiple sites efficiently to work effectively with service users and line manage peer support staff across the service.</li>
        
        <li>Full driving licence and access to a car.</li>
        
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        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education/Qualifications/Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Educated to degree level in health and social care or equivalent professional or vocational qualification in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge and/or practical experience of working in health or social care setting.</li>
          
          <li>Completed the Care Certificate.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Continuous Professional Development
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a health and social care setting.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of teaching/training individuals and groups.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of mentoring, supervising, and supporting junior staff.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Previous Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of supporting people with identified vulnerabilities.</li>
          
          <li>Experience working and communicating across multiple agencies and professions.</li>
          
          <li>Experience in managing own workload without direct supervision.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working independently</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working within the criminal justice system.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Knowledge, Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Well- developed listening skills and effective verbal communication skills to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies, both face to face and by phone.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate well developed written communication skills, with the ability to produce letters, write reports, maintain accurate records, and record statistical information.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate ability to use initiative appropriately, making decisions within the guidelines set</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates an appreciation of the values that underpin the delivery of care.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising staff, volunteers, or peer mentors.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Flexible and adaptable to change.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Additional Requirements
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to travel to multiple sites efficiently to work effectively with service users and line manage peer support staff across the service.</li>
          
          <li>Full driving licence and access to a car.</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>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>7-9 Cremyll Road</p>
            <p>Reading</p>
            <p>RG1 8NQ</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>7-9 Cremyll Road</p>
                    <p>Reading</p>
                    <p>RG1 8NQ</p>
        
      

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

Advanced Support, Time & Recovery Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you someone with lived experience of mental health difficulties who wants to use that experience to support others? Do you believe in the power of connection, hope, and personal empowerment? If so, we'd love to hear from you.</p><p>We are recruiting a Mental Health Peer Support Worker (MH PSW) to join the Somerset Team for Early Psychosis (STEP), based in Taunton. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to support people who are experiencing similar mental health challenges and walk alongside them in their recovery journey.</p><p>As a MH PSW, you will draw upon your personal lived experience of mental health difficulties to offer emotional, practical, and motivational support. You'll become a vital member of a multi-disciplinary team, providing compassionate, peer-based support that goes beyond clinical models.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul><li><p>Use your lived experience to provide mutual, non-judgemental support to people navigating their own mental health journeys.</p></li><li><p>Support people in building strong, healthy relationships and reconnecting with their communities.</p></li><li><p>Help individuals reclaim their identity and overcome stigma associated with mental illness.</p></li><li><p>Encourage personal empowerment by helping people focus on strengths and take control of their recovery.</p></li><li><p>Promote meaning and purpose by supporting people to explore what makes life valuable to them.</p></li><li><p>Maintain appropriate interpersonal and professional boundaries while fostering a sense of trust and equality in peer relationships.</p></li><li><p>Work closely with clinical teams, carers, families, and community services to support integrated care.</p></li></ul><p>Please note: All successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced Peer Support Training Programme aligned with national competencies.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>At <strong>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</strong>, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:</p><ul><li><strong>Flexible working options</strong> to help you balance work and life</li><li><strong>NHS pension scheme</strong> for long-term financial security</li><li><strong>Generous annual leave allowance</strong> to recharge and relax</li><li>A strong focus on <strong>career development</strong> to help you grow and achieve your potential</li></ul><p>Additionally, you'll gain access to our <strong>Blue Light Card</strong>, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.</p><p>We are proud to foster a <strong>diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce</strong>, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Why Somerset?</strong> Somerset offers the perfect blend of <strong>idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty</strong>, and <strong>breathtaking coastlines</strong>, with vibrant cities like <strong>Bristol</strong>, <strong>Bath</strong>, and <strong>Exeter </strong>just a short drive away - and only two hours to <strong>London</strong>.</p><p>The region is home to excellent <strong>educational facilities</strong>, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.</p><p><strong>Somerset truly has it all</strong> - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>07 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
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>184-OL-GR-2938</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Foundation House</p>
      <p>Wellsprings Road</p>
      <p>Taunton</p>
      <p>Somerset</p>
      <p>TA2 7PQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>This role is grounded in the values of peer support and the belief that lived experience is a powerful tool in supporting recovery. As a Mental Health PSW, your work will include:</p>Peer Support Practice<ul><li><p>Drawing on personal lived experiences to build connections and foster hope.</p></li><li><p>Supporting individuals to develop coping strategies and personal recovery goals.</p></li><li><p>Helping people to engage in meaningful activities and access services.</p></li><li><p>Offering a non-directive presence and validating individual experiences.</p></li></ul>Teamwork and Advocacy<ul><li><p>Collaborating with clinical teams and community organisations to promote recovery-focused care.</p></li><li><p>Bringing a lived experience perspective to team discussions and service planning.</p></li><li><p>Promoting anti-stigma and mental health equality across services.</p></li></ul>Learning and Development<ul><li><p>Participating in supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing training.</p></li><li><p>Completing a nationally recognised peer support training programme within 12 months of starting the role.</p></li></ul>Wellbeing and Professionalism<ul><li><p>Maintaining focus on self-care and personal wellbeing.</p></li><li><p>Understanding professional boundaries, safeguarding protocols, and ethical frameworks.</p></li><li><p>Adhering to information governance and Trust policies.</p></li></ul>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>This role is grounded in the values of peer support and the belief that lived experience is a powerful tool in supporting recovery. As a Mental Health PSW, your work will include:</p>Peer Support Practice<ul><li><p>Drawing on personal lived experiences to build connections and foster hope.</p></li><li><p>Supporting individuals to develop coping strategies and personal recovery goals.</p></li><li><p>Helping people to engage in meaningful activities and access services.</p></li><li><p>Offering a non-directive presence and validating individual experiences.</p></li></ul>Teamwork and Advocacy<ul><li><p>Collaborating with clinical teams and community organisations to promote recovery-focused care.</p></li><li><p>Bringing a lived experience perspective to team discussions and service planning.</p></li><li><p>Promoting anti-stigma and mental health equality across services.</p></li></ul>Learning and Development<ul><li><p>Participating in supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing training.</p></li><li><p>Completing a nationally recognised peer support training programme within 12 months of starting the role.</p></li></ul>Wellbeing and Professionalism<ul><li><p>Maintaining focus on self-care and personal wellbeing.</p></li><li><p>Understanding professional boundaries, safeguarding protocols, and ethical frameworks.</p></li><li><p>Adhering to information governance and Trust policies.</p></li></ul>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>A good standard of English and Maths</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Proven experience of providing Peer Support or Peer Mentoring.</li>
        
        <li>Lived experience of mental health difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Experience of drawing directly on own lived experiences of mental health difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Experience of using mental health services such as being a hospital inpatient, housing and community services.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques to support health and well-being</li>
        
        <li>Experience of collaboration and/or working in a person-centred way to help people develop coping and problem-solving skills</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working as part of a team</li>
        
        <li>Experience of communicating in a respectful and non-judgemental way and supporting people in a way that is tactful and sensitive</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>A good standard of English and Maths</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Proven experience of providing Peer Support or Peer Mentoring.</li>
          
          <li>Lived experience of mental health difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Experience of drawing directly on own lived experiences of mental health difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Experience of using mental health services such as being a hospital inpatient, housing and community services.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques to support health and well-being</li>
          
          <li>Experience of collaboration and/or working in a person-centred way to help people develop coping and problem-solving skills</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working as part of a team</li>
          
          <li>Experience of communicating in a respectful and non-judgemental way and supporting people in a way that is tactful and sensitive</li>
          
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    <p>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Foundation House</p>
      <p>Wellsprings Road</p>
      <p>Taunton</p>
      <p>Somerset</p>
      <p>TA2 7PQ</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
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        <p>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Foundation House</p>
          <p>Wellsprings Road</p>
          <p>Taunton</p>
          <p>Somerset</p>
          <p>TA2 7PQ</p>
        
      

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

Peer Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>If you are passionate, ambitious and want to make a real difference within substance use this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an experienced and dedicated Recovery team at HMP Styal.</p>
<p>The primary purpose of the Recovery Engagement Worker (Expert by Experience) role is to contribute to the delivery of recovery-focused, trauma-informed support services by drawing upon personal lived experience of substance misuse recovery and/or related life challenges such as mental health, homelessness, or involvement with the criminal justice system. By sharing relevant aspects of your own journey in a professional and appropriate manner, you will help build trust, reduce stigma, and inspire hope among service users navigating their own recovery paths.</p>
<p>A key aspect of this role is to champion the voice of lived experience through coproduction, actively collaborating with service users and colleagues to design, deliver, and improve services that genuinely reflect the needs and insights of those with direct experience. You will be a role model for positive change, helping to embed the value of lived experience within all aspects of service delivery.</p>
<p>You will play an integral part in creating a safe, inclusive, and compassionate service environment that is strengths-based and trauma-informed. Your unique perspective will contribute to continuous improvement, co-production, and the delivery of meaningful, recovery-oriented outcomes for the people we support.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>
<p>Build positive, non-judgmental relationships with service users through shared experience and appropriate use of personal recovery stories.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Act as a link between service users and the service, helping individuals feel heard, included, and supported.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Promote the voice of lived experience through co-production in service design and delivery.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Support service users to set and work toward recovery goals, offering practical tools, harm reduction advice, and emotional support.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Deliver and co-facilitate peer-led groups, health education, and wellbeing activities.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Maintain accurate records and support care planning alongside practitioners.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Help improve access to treatment, especially for underrepresented groups, and connect individuals to mutual aid and community resources.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Work closely with peer mentors and other staff to provide consistent, compassionate care.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Support medication dispensing as a second signer (where required).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Actively represent the service in a professional way to stakeholders and the wider public.</p>
</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE</strong></p> <p>We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.</p> <p>Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!</p> <ul>  <li>Access to NHS Pension</li>  <li>Annual leave on your Birthday</li>  <li>Refer a friend schemefor some posts</li>  <li>Training and Development opportunities </li>  <li>Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes</li>  <li>Up to 33 days annual leave</li> </ul> <p>Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.</p> <p>We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.</p> <p>Our Mission</p> <p>Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities</p> <p>Our Vision</p> <p>Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 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
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>847-RM-25-V657</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>HMP Styal</p>
      <p>Styal Road</p>
      <p>Wilmslow</p>
            <p>SK9 4HR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the advertised role.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the advertised role.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Essential and Desirable Criteria
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Lived experience of addiction, involvement with the criminal justice system, homelessness, or other related challenges</li>
        
        <li>Stability and progress in your own recovery or personal journey</li>
        
        <li>Willingness and ability to use your lived experience appropriately to support others</li>
        
        <li>Clear, respectful communication skills and the ability to build trust</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of the prison environment and the challenges people face before, during, and after custody</li>
        
        <li>Basic IT and record-keeping skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work both independently and as part of a team</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience supporting others in a peer, mentoring, or voluntary role (inside or outside custody)</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of recovery approaches, harm reduction, or trauma-informed care</li>
          
          <li>Confidence working with diverse and marginalised populations</li>
          
          <li>Experience co-facilitating groups or peer-led activities</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of services available to people in custody and on release</li>
          
          <li>Any relevant training or qualification (e.g. Peer Support, Health and Social Care, Mental Health First Aid) or willingness to work toward one</li>
          
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
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            Essential and Desirable Criteria
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Lived experience of addiction, involvement with the criminal justice system, homelessness, or other related challenges</li>
          
          <li>Stability and progress in your own recovery or personal journey</li>
          
          <li>Willingness and ability to use your lived experience appropriately to support others</li>
          
          <li>Clear, respectful communication skills and the ability to build trust</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of the prison environment and the challenges people face before, during, and after custody</li>
          
          <li>Basic IT and record-keeping skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work both independently and as part of a team</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience supporting others in a peer, mentoring, or voluntary role (inside or outside custody)</li>
            
            <li>Understanding of recovery approaches, harm reduction, or trauma-informed care</li>
            
            <li>Confidence working with diverse and marginalised populations</li>
            
            <li>Experience co-facilitating groups or peer-led activities</li>
            
            <li>Knowledge of services available to people in custody and on release</li>
            
            <li>Any relevant training or qualification (e.g. Peer Support, Health and Social Care, Mental Health First Aid) or willingness to work toward one</li>
            
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Spectrum Community Health CIC</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>HMP Styal</p>
      <p>Styal Road</p>
      <p>Wilmslow</p>
            <p>SK9 4HR</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Spectrum Community Health CIC</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>HMP Styal</p>
          <p>Styal Road</p>
          <p>Wilmslow</p>
                    <p>SK9 4HR</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Recovery Engagement Worker (Expert by Experience) - HMP Styal

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The Rainbow Mother and Baby Unit is a specialist 6 bedded unit. The unit provides mental health care and treatment for women during the late stages of pregnancy and up to one year after the birth of their baby.</p> <p>The Rainbow Unit aims to:</p> <ul>  <li>Deliver the highest quality of care to mothers and theirbabies in a safe, friendly and supportive environment.</li>  <li>Maintain the safety of all mothers and their babies whilst treating the mother's mental illness.</li>  <li>Offer support to the families and carers involved in the mother's and or baby's care.</li>  <li>Help sustain the developing relationship between mother, baby and other family members.</li> </ul>  <p>Through the understanding of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) in relation to lived experiences within inpatient settings, the hope and reflection of recovery can be promoted within perinatal services</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Using your own lived experiences, the role of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) is to support and understand the impact of accessing services when experiencing mental health challenges.</p>
<p>As a PSW, you will work collaboratively with service users and the wider MDT to support the implementing of care and promoting recovery.</p>
<p>You will provide support and understanding to care givers and family members whilst underpinning recovery principles and socially inclusive practice</p>
<p>PSW's can support in building therapeutic relationships with service users to promote choice, offer advocacy support and understanding of position through lived experiences of being admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;</p> <ul>  <li>Season Ticket Loans</li>  <li>NHS discounts for staff</li>  <li>Excellent Training facilities and opportunities</li>  <li>Buying and Selling annual leave scheme</li>  <li>The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas</li>  <li>Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work</li>  <li>Day One Flexible Employer</li> </ul> <p>The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment</p> <p>Join our Staff bank</p> <p>What is Staff Bank?</p> <p>Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.</p> <p>All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.</p> <p>If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>06 August 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £24,625 to £25,674 a year
      
        per annum, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>364-A-9143-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>The Linden Centre</p>
      <p>Broomfield Hospital</p>
      <p>Chelmsford</p>
            <p>CM1 7LF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As a Peer support worker, you will have a wide range of responsibilities.</p>
<p> working one to one and supporting service users or patients</p>
<p> helping to support individuals to develop goals</p>
<p> supporting people in care planning</p>
<p> helping people engage with activities</p>
<p> supporting group work</p>
<p> helping support people develop recovery plans</p>
<p> regular 1-1 meetings including review with supervisor to discuss any challenges and talk through sessions</p>
<p> meeting regularly with a small group of volunteers to discuss general topics, daily guidelines, and handovers.</p>
<p> participating in activities such as tutoring, mentoring, or creating and running a workshop for a class as volunteers or one-on-one meetings.</p>
<p> providing guidance, tutoring, and social support to volunteers, fellow students, or others interested in learning more about PSW.</p>
<p> coordinating volunteer opportunities with local non-profit organizations or community groups.</p>
<p> organizing support groups or peer-led clubs focused on PSW.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As a Peer support worker, you will have a wide range of responsibilities.</p>
<p> working one to one and supporting service users or patients</p>
<p> helping to support individuals to develop goals</p>
<p> supporting people in care planning</p>
<p> helping people engage with activities</p>
<p> supporting group work</p>
<p> helping support people develop recovery plans</p>
<p> regular 1-1 meetings including review with supervisor to discuss any challenges and talk through sessions</p>
<p> meeting regularly with a small group of volunteers to discuss general topics, daily guidelines, and handovers.</p>
<p> participating in activities such as tutoring, mentoring, or creating and running a workshop for a class as volunteers or one-on-one meetings.</p>
<p> providing guidance, tutoring, and social support to volunteers, fellow students, or others interested in learning more about PSW.</p>
<p> coordinating volunteer opportunities with local non-profit organizations or community groups.</p>
<p> organizing support groups or peer-led clubs focused on PSW.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Education
        
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        <li>Evidence of continuing professional and personal development</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Completed Peer Support Worker training</li>
          
          <li>Completed further training within mental health sector</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Ability to demonstrate personal knowledge of recovery from perinatal mental health challenges with lived experience</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health challenges and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others</li>
          
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            Education
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Evidence of continuing professional and personal development</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Completed Peer Support Worker training</li>
            
            <li>Completed further training within mental health sector</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Ability to demonstrate personal knowledge of recovery from perinatal mental health challenges with lived experience</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with mental health challenges and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others</li>
            
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    <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>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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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>
      

      
    
  


      
  
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    <p>Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Linden Centre</p>
      <p>Broomfield Hospital</p>
      <p>Chelmsford</p>
            <p>CM1 7LF</p>
    
  

  
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Linden Centre</p>
          <p>Broomfield Hospital</p>
          <p>Chelmsford</p>
                    <p>CM1 7LF</p>
        
      

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

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Peer Support Worker - Hampshire</strong></p>
<p>Have you ever been arrested, appeared in court on a criminal charge and/or been to prison?</p>
<p>Have you ever struggled with your mental health and/or have overcome difficulties with substance misuse?</p>
<p>Could you use your experiences to support others?</p>
<p>Could you show the people we support in court, custody, and prison that change is possible?</p>
<p>If so, we have an exciting development opportunity to grow personally and professionally as part of our award-winning Liaison and Diversion team.</p>
<p>We are experts in employing and supporting people with lived experience, with our work being endorsed by the Lived Experience Charter. Our 18-month development programme will grow your skills and confidence and give you access to a range of accredited training to support your future career in healthcare.</p>
<p>Many of our former peer support workers are now permanent members of our team and we have supported others into employment or further training.</p>
<p>We operate across Hampshire, but this post is predominately based in Portsmouth working for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will be expected to provide one-to-one practical and emotional support to our clients and encourage them to access services which improve their health and wellbeing.</p>
<p>If you are stable in your recovery journey and can show us how you achieved this this could be the perfect opportunity to start a new career in care.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>By using your own experience of going through the Criminal Justice System, treatment and recovery you will be supporting service users with vulnerabilities going through the Criminal Justice System.</li>
<li>You will be a positive role model helping to understand, inspire, motivate, guide and support our service users to engage with services and work on their recovery. You will evidence and show visible recovery; showing that change is possible. </li>
<li>You will offer emotional and practical support to our service-users by using your own lived experience of the criminal justice system and the challenges and fears this can create which will enable them to achieve a positive future.</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.</p> <p>Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:</p> <ul>  <li>Caring for and about you is our top priority</li>  <li>Committed to providing good quality, safe services</li>  <li>Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions</li> </ul> <p>Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:</p> <ul>  <li>Flexible working options to support work-life balance</li>  <li>27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell</li>  <li>Generous NHS pension scheme</li>  <li>Excellent learning and career development opportunities</li>  <li>'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles</li>  <li>Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services</li>  <li>Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants</li>  <li>Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality</li>  <li>Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave</li>  <li>Free parking across Trust site</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 July 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £24,625 to £25,674 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>18 months</p>
  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>371-MHS782-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Lake Road Health Centre</p>
      <p>Nuffield Place</p>
      <p>Portsmouth</p>
            <p>PO1 4JT</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>The must haves for this role:</strong> Must have lived experience of the criminal justice system Must have direct lived experience and being stable in recovery from substance misuse addiction, mental ill health or other vulnerabilities. *please make explicit reference to both of these within your written application in order to be shortlisted for either of these roles. Must have an awareness of modelling appropriate behaviours, having the capacity to cope when unsupervised; setting clear boundaries and seeking support and guidance to support and protect own recovery, health and wellbeing Must have good listening skills and effective communication skills; to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, and partnership agencies.</p> <p>For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.</p> <p><strong>We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.</strong></p> <p>We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.</p> <p>We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Danielle Forster on 0300 123 5066 or email: <a href="mailto:danielle.forster@berkshire.nhs.uk" target="_blank">danielle.forster@berkshire.nhs.uk</a> who will be delighted to help.</p> <p>Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>The must haves for this role:</strong> Must have lived experience of the criminal justice system Must have direct lived experience and being stable in recovery from substance misuse addiction, mental ill health or other vulnerabilities. *please make explicit reference to both of these within your written application in order to be shortlisted for either of these roles. Must have an awareness of modelling appropriate behaviours, having the capacity to cope when unsupervised; setting clear boundaries and seeking support and guidance to support and protect own recovery, health and wellbeing Must have good listening skills and effective communication skills; to be able to engage appropriately with service users, carers, and colleagues, and partnership agencies.</p> <p>For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.</p> <p><strong>We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.</strong></p> <p>We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.</p> <p>We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Danielle Forster on 0300 123 5066 or email: <a href="mailto:danielle.forster@berkshire.nhs.uk" target="_blank">danielle.forster@berkshire.nhs.uk</a> who will be delighted to help.</p> <p>Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Previous Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Lived experience of the criminal justice system a minimum of being arrested and taken into police custody and demonstratable recovery of a minimum of 1 year of no longer being in-contact with criminal justice system</li>
        
        <li>Required to demonstrate a recovery capital and period of desistance 1-3yrs from misusing substance (inc alcohol) and a minimum of one year completing any licence conditions/requirements</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Having direct lived experience of recovery from substance misuse, mental health or other vulnerabilities.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge, Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>An awareness of modelling appropriate behaviours, having the capacity to cope when unsupervised; setting clear boundaries and seeking support and guidance to support and protect own recovery, health and wellbeing</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to share personal experiences in an appropriate way and maintain clear boundaries</li>
        
        <li>Empathy, patience, and sensitivity to be able to support people whilst maintaining boundaries.</li>
        
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          Additional Requirements
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>To be a UK citizen or have the right to remain status</li>
        
        <li>Flexibility to travel to all sites</li>
        
        <li>Full driving licence and access to a car , or working towards obtaining a driving license/car</li>
        
        <li>To be able to work a minimum of 25 hours per week</li>
        
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            Previous Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Lived experience of the criminal justice system a minimum of being arrested and taken into police custody and demonstratable recovery of a minimum of 1 year of no longer being in-contact with criminal justice system</li>
          
          <li>Required to demonstrate a recovery capital and period of desistance 1-3yrs from misusing substance (inc alcohol) and a minimum of one year completing any licence conditions/requirements</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Having direct lived experience of recovery from substance misuse, mental health or other vulnerabilities.</li>
            
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            Knowledge, Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>An awareness of modelling appropriate behaviours, having the capacity to cope when unsupervised; setting clear boundaries and seeking support and guidance to support and protect own recovery, health and wellbeing</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to share personal experiences in an appropriate way and maintain clear boundaries</li>
          
          <li>Empathy, patience, and sensitivity to be able to support people whilst maintaining boundaries.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Additional Requirements
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>To be a UK citizen or have the right to remain status</li>
          
          <li>Flexibility to travel to all sites</li>
          
          <li>Full driving licence and access to a car , or working towards obtaining a driving license/car</li>
          
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Lake Road Health Centre</p>
      <p>Nuffield Place</p>
      <p>Portsmouth</p>
            <p>PO1 4JT</p>
    
  

  
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Lake Road Health Centre</p>
          <p>Nuffield Place</p>
          <p>Portsmouth</p>
                    <p>PO1 4JT</p>
        
      

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

Peer Support Worker (18-month fixed term contract)

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>For those candidates requiring a VISA to work in the UK, please be aware that significant knowledge and experience of at least 2 years, (preferably within the NHS) is required to meet the pay threshold for a Health and Care Visa.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please do not apply if you are unable to meet these criteria.</strong></p>
<p>The role of Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental distress, or experience of caring for a friend or family member experiencing mental distress. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, peer support workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is achievable.</p>
<p>The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Pathway provides high quality, safe and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorder across Sussex. The service is aimed at helping people achieve their own individual aspirations and to live a meaningful and rewarding life as independently as possible.</p>
<p>Our service has a strong commitment to recovery, multi-disciplinary working, service user involvement, and equality.</p>
  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As the Peer Support worker you will work collaboratively to assist in improving the wellbeing of service users, families and carers within Community Rehabilitation Service</p>
<p>Examples include:</p>
<ul>
<li>To support individuals who are overcoming mental health challenges in their journey to recovery and wellbeing.</li>
<li>To be a positive role model for service users and use parts of your recovery story, where appropriate, to inspire hope.</li>
<li>To support and enable individuals to resolve conflicts and regain control, responsibility, hope and enjoyment based on the principles of peer supported recovery.</li>
<li>Using a peer approach, working with service users (both individually and/or in groups) to meet holistic needs (e.g. education, welfare, employment, financial, leisure, housing and spiritual), alongside the multidisciplinary care team (MDT).</li>
<li>Supporting service users to engage in participation, co-production and service development opportunities</li>
</ul>
<p>This role is a vital part of our plan to continually improve the service we provide and is aimed at people who have lived experience of using mental health care services. We are looking for people who can use their experience of mental distress, recovery and use of peer networks to inspire others.</p>
<p>We have a strong network of diverse and supportive peer support colleagues who meet regularly as part of peer networking across Sussex. We offer full training to new peer support workers, one-to one peer supervision and ongoing development opportunities.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex.</p>
<p>Working in Sussex:</p>
<ul>
<li>Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed</li>
<li>Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London</li>
<li>With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.</li>
</ul>
<p>We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission.</p>
      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>06 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>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>354-AC-21175</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>New Park House</p>
      <p>North Street</p>
      <p>Horsham</p>
            <p>RH12 1RJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To support others who are overcoming mental health challenges in their journey to recovery and wellbeing.</p> <p>To plan, promote and deliver delegated activities in accordance with the service users needs to meet goals identified in the individuals Recovery Plan.</p> <p>For a full outline please see the attached job description and person specification.</p>  <p>Being a car driver is an essential component to this role, due to travelling to rural area's with poor public transport.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To support others who are overcoming mental health challenges in their journey to recovery and wellbeing.</p> <p>To plan, promote and deliver delegated activities in accordance with the service users needs to meet goals identified in the individuals Recovery Plan.</p> <p>For a full outline please see the attached job description and person specification.</p>  <p>Being a car driver is an essential component to this role, due to travelling to rural area's with poor public transport.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</li>
        
        <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills acquired through experience or formal teaching qualification (Band 4)</li>
        
        <li>A recognised Peer Support qualification (Band 4)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills (Band 3)</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Experience working as part of a team</li>
        
        <li>Experience of being supervised</li>
        
        <li>Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Managing personal mental health and recovery</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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          <li>A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</li>
          
          <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills acquired through experience or formal teaching qualification (Band 4)</li>
          
          <li>A recognised Peer Support qualification (Band 4)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills (Band 3)</li>
            
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            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Experience working as part of a team</li>
          
          <li>Experience of being supervised</li>
          
          <li>Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Managing personal mental health and recovery</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work</li>
          
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    <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>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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        <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>
      

      
    
  


      
  
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    <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>New Park House</p>
      <p>North Street</p>
      <p>Horsham</p>
            <p>RH12 1RJ</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>New Park House</p>
          <p>North Street</p>
          <p>Horsham</p>
                    <p>RH12 1RJ</p>
        
      

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

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you a qualified Counsellor for Depression (CfD) looking to make a real difference in people's lives? Nouvita Healthcare is seeking dedicated, sessional counsellors to join our growing<strong>NHS Talking Therapies</strong>team. This hybrid role offers flexibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to deliver high-quality, evidence-based therapy to adults experiencing common mental health issues.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Youll work within the<strong>NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) framework</strong>, delivering short-term counselling interventions that are person-centred and guided by the<strong>Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)</strong>model.</p><p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul> <li><p>Conducting assessments and delivering therapy sessions</p></li> <li><p>Supporting clients through their mental health journeys using evidence-based practice</p></li> <li><p>Maintaining clear, timely clinical notes on our digital system</p></li> <li><p>Collaborating with team members, supervisors, and partner agencies</p></li> <li><p>Participating in regular supervision, training, and professional development</p></li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Nouvita Healthcare is an established provider of specialist health and social care services across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health support and therapeutic services in hospital, residential and now in outpatient settings. Our focus is on empowering recovery and improving outcomes through effective, compassionate care. At Nouvita, we value continuous improvement and foster an environment where all staff have a voice and can develop their careers.</p><p>We are committed to:</p><p>Delivering high-quality mental health services</p><p>Maintaining excellent clinical governance and patient outcomes</p><p>Supporting staff development and wellbeing</p><p>Promoting equality, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do</p><p></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 June 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £27 a session
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working,
        
      
        
          Home or remote working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>L0012-25-0007</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
            <p>Hatfield</p>
      <p>Hertfordshire</p>
      <p>AL100BU</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Youll work within the<strong>NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) framework</strong>, delivering short-term counselling interventions that are person-centred and guided by the<strong>Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)</strong>model.</p><p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Conducting assessments and delivering therapy sessions</p></li> <li><p>Supporting clients through their mental health journeys using evidence-based practice</p></li> <li><p>Maintaining clear, timely clinical notes on our digital system</p></li> <li><p>Collaborating with team members, supervisors, and partner agencies</p></li> <li><p>Participating in regular supervision, training, and professional development</p></li></ul>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Youll work within the<strong>NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) framework</strong>, delivering short-term counselling interventions that are person-centred and guided by the<strong>Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD)</strong>model.</p><p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Conducting assessments and delivering therapy sessions</p></li> <li><p>Supporting clients through their mental health journeys using evidence-based practice</p></li> <li><p>Maintaining clear, timely clinical notes on our digital system</p></li> <li><p>Collaborating with team members, supervisors, and partner agencies</p></li> <li><p>Participating in regular supervision, training, and professional development</p></li></ul>
    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>- Qualification in CfD</li>
        
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>- BACP membership (Accreditation or working towards it)</li>
        
        <li>- Qualification in CfD</li>
        
        <li>- At least 2 years of post-qualification experience</li>
        
        <li>- Experience delivering time-limited counselling</li>
        
        <li>- Remote counselling qualification and good IT skills</li>
        
        <li>- Ability to travel within Hertfordshire as needed</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>- Strong interpersonal and communication skills</li>
          
          <li>- A flexible, client-focused approach</li>
          
          <li>- A solid understanding of confidentiality, ethics, and safeguarding</li>
          
          <li>- Commitment to equality, diversity, and professional standards</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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          <li>- Qualification in CfD</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>- BACP membership (Accreditation or working towards it)</li>
          
          <li>- Qualification in CfD</li>
          
          <li>- At least 2 years of post-qualification experience</li>
          
          <li>- Experience delivering time-limited counselling</li>
          
          <li>- Remote counselling qualification and good IT skills</li>
          
          <li>- Ability to travel within Hertfordshire as needed</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>- Strong interpersonal and communication skills</li>
            
            <li>- A flexible, client-focused approach</li>
            
            <li>- A solid understanding of confidentiality, ethics, and safeguarding</li>
            
            <li>- Commitment to equality, diversity, and professional standards</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="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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        <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="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>Nouvita Limited</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
            <p>Hatfield</p>
      <p>Hertfordshire</p>
      <p>AL100BU</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Nouvita Limited</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
                    <p>Hatfield</p>
          <p>Hertfordshire</p>
          <p>AL100BU</p>
        
      

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

Sessional Counsellor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Clinical Genetics &amp; Genomics Laboratory (CGGL), based at the Royal Brompton Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The Royal Brompton &amp; Harefield NHS hospitals are the largest heart &amp; lung centres in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a partnership of two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success.</p>
<p>The CGGL is a genomics diagnostic lab, providing state-of-the-art specialist cardiac &amp; respiratory NGS-based genetic testing as part of the London South Genomics Laboratory Hub (LS GLH).</p>
<p>We are looking for a motivated Clinical Scientist, with extensive experience in human molecular genetic diagnostics, excellent interpersonal skills, to join our group. The successful candidate will have the ability to critically analyse and interpret scientific data, and compile comprehensive, integrated genomic reports.</p>
<p>Applicants should have good computing skills, be capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, and be able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. They should have good organisational skills, be able to work methodically with great attention to detail &amp; have a strong interest in driving and improving the quality of diagnostic services. The CGGL is a UKAS-accredited medical laboratory, currently performing over 6000 diagnostic tests per annum and is also actively involved in research and teaching.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>  <li>Maintain close links with clinical staff and when required, represent the service at multidisciplinary meetings within the Trust. </li>  <li>Present research and audit reports at local, regional and national scientific and clinical meetings.</li>  <li>Provide interpretation of the results of highly complex diagnostic investigations.</li>  <li>Provide a high level of expertise in molecular analysis for detection of genetic disease/abnormalities and in the interpretation of complex test results using international guidelines. </li>  <li>Prepare and check standard and complex abnormal reports for authorisation by senior Clinical Scientists.</li>  <li>Participate in internal and external quality control procedures.</li>  <li>Undertake audits as directed by the Quality Manager. </li>  <li>Assist during UKAS accreditation visits. </li>  <li>Collaborate with other members of CGGL staff to ensure that technical work is performed in an accurate, timely and efficient manner to a standard that enables the highest quality of service to patients. </li>  <li>Familiar with the laboratory information management systems.</li>  <li>Conduct data entry and analysis always ensuring the validity and reliability of data. </li>  <li>Undertake appropriate research and development of analytical procedures. </li>  <li>Participate in internal research seminars/meetings including journal club. </li>  <li>Maintain a portfolio of professional achievements &amp;CPD activities.</li>  <li>Maintain core competencies and maintain the required standards of competences when undertaking duties. </li>  <li>Participate in annual performance review.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>The Royal Brompton &amp; Harefield Hospitals are part of Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, with the Heart and Lung Clinical Care Group forming the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a partnership of specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success. The Clinical Genetics and Genomics Laboratory is also part of the NHSE South East Genomic Laboratory hub and is one of four cardiac and one of three respiratory laboratories, delivering the specialist testing nationally.</p> <p>The Clinical Genetics and Genomics Laboratory in the Royal Brompton has generated deep expertise in cardiovascular (CV) and respiratory genetics through a large programme of work over the last 7 years and has established infrastructure, expertise and variant repositories on site. The CGGL has developed sophisticated bioinformatic tools and pipelines for the analysis and reporting of different types of sequence data and is actively involved in research to develop new technologies. The diagnostic service collaborates closely with the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London.</p> <p>Organisational Values:</p> <p>The post holder will: Put patients first, Take pride in what they do, Respect others, Strive to be the best &amp; Act with integrity</p> <p>Our values and behaviours framework| describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 August 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum inc H.C.A (pro rata)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>2 years</p>
  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>196-LIS9776</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Royal Brompton Hospital</p>
      <p>Sydney street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SW3 6NP</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>In conjunction with senior laboratory staff, the post-holder will undertake the scientific duties and responsibilities of a clinical scientist in the provision of a comprehensive, modern, high quality diagnostic clinical genetics service at RBHT. This will involve delivering a range of specialist molecular diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of inherited cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The post holder will be expected to draft and authorize molecular genetic diagnostic reports in line with the services provided by the department. The post holder will also provide clinical and scientific advice to other health professionals including senior medical staff, on the selection, performance and interpretation of highly complex molecular genetic investigations. The post holder will participate in research and development and clinical audit where necessary.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>In conjunction with senior laboratory staff, the post-holder will undertake the scientific duties and responsibilities of a clinical scientist in the provision of a comprehensive, modern, high quality diagnostic clinical genetics service at RBHT. This will involve delivering a range of specialist molecular diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of inherited cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The post holder will be expected to draft and authorize molecular genetic diagnostic reports in line with the services provided by the department. The post holder will also provide clinical and scientific advice to other health professionals including senior medical staff, on the selection, performance and interpretation of highly complex molecular genetic investigations. The post holder will participate in research and development and clinical audit where necessary.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Educated to MSc, or equivalent in genome biology, bioinformatics or computer sciences</li>
        
        <li>Membership of a professional body Health Professions Council registered Clinical Scientist in Genomics or equivalent international qualification.</li>
        
        <li>Proven track record in a relevant discipline, for example computing, life sciences or natural sciences</li>
        
        <li>Registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>PhD or equivalent in genome biology, bioinformatics or computer science.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience &amp; Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience in diagnostic genetic testing using DNA sequencing including Next-Generation sequencing (NGS), DNA fragment analysis and other DNA-based techniques.</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of laboratory accreditation requirements (UKAS) according to ISO15189</li>
        
        <li>Good computer skills and knowledge of relevant molecular genetic databases. An understanding of genome annotation and the use of web-based browsers to interrogate genomic information</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of health and safety legislation as it relates to a specialist genetic laboratory and general laboratory medicine.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of generating and participating in collaborative research projects.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of research in a clinical environment.</li>
          
          <li>Proven publication record in peer-review journals.</li>
          
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Commitment and demonstrable leadership skills.</li>
        
        <li>Ambition - an eagerness to play a leading role in the Groups' current projects and future direction.</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to undertake any necessary training for the role</li>
        
        <li>Innovative and proactive approach with a willingness to accept responsibility for management decisions.</li>
        
        <li>Meticulous approach and attention to detail.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, successfully meeting deadlines</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Educated to MSc, or equivalent in genome biology, bioinformatics or computer sciences</li>
          
          <li>Membership of a professional body Health Professions Council registered Clinical Scientist in Genomics or equivalent international qualification.</li>
          
          <li>Proven track record in a relevant discipline, for example computing, life sciences or natural sciences</li>
          
          <li>Registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist</li>
          
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            <li>PhD or equivalent in genome biology, bioinformatics or computer science.</li>
            
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            Experience &amp; Knowledge
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Experience in diagnostic genetic testing using DNA sequencing including Next-Generation sequencing (NGS), DNA fragment analysis and other DNA-based techniques.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of laboratory accreditation requirements (UKAS) according to ISO15189</li>
          
          <li>Good computer skills and knowledge of relevant molecular genetic databases. An understanding of genome annotation and the use of web-based browsers to interrogate genomic information</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of health and safety legislation as it relates to a specialist genetic laboratory and general laboratory medicine.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
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            <li>Experience of generating and participating in collaborative research projects.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of research in a clinical environment.</li>
            
            <li>Proven publication record in peer-review journals.</li>
            
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            Skills
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Commitment and demonstrable leadership skills.</li>
          
          <li>Ambition - an eagerness to play a leading role in the Groups' current projects and future direction.</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to undertake any necessary training for the role</li>
          
          <li>Innovative and proactive approach with a willingness to accept responsibility for management decisions.</li>
          
          <li>Meticulous approach and attention to detail.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, successfully meeting deadlines</li>
          
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    <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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
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        <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>
      

      
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        <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>
      

      
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    <p>Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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        <p>Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Royal Brompton Hospital</p>
          <p>Sydney street</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SW3 6NP</p>
        
      

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

Clinical Scientist in Genomics

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This is a unique opportunity for a motivated individual who has personal experience with the Criminal Justice System or prison custody.The position is perfect for someone eager to use their Lived experience in prison and the Criminal Justice Service to assist others who have faced similar challenges. You will help them connect with support networks.The outreach Service covers Shropshire, with its base being in Shrewsbury.Training will be given and Experience of support work is desirable but not required as the role depends more upon your ability to use your personal experience to support others and your desire to do so whilst being part of a NHS team that is supportive, approachable and dedicated to the role.The ability to commute independently across the Herefordshire area is essential.Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path towards recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. We actively seek peers who have lived experience of both the Criminal Justice System and who have a desire to use their own experiences to help others.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As a Peer Support Worker, you would be working across the area with people who have come into contact with Liaison &amp; Diversion and then referred over to our Outreach service, building a good working relationship with them and helping them identify their needs alongside a senior Team Member.You will be then working with a caseload of these clients to support them in accessing health and support services for up to three months. You will be working as part of a larger team and under the supervision of Team lead and Senior Peer Support Worker, you will also be working alongside our Navigators and Support Time Recovery Workers and participate in the client's journey from referral to discharge.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.</p> <p>We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford &amp; Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.</p> <p>We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.</p> <p>We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.</p> <p><strong>Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications</strong></p> <p><strong>Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.</strong></p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 July 2025</p>

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

    
      
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      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
        pa pro rata
      
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  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>18 months</p>
  

  
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <p>301-LBG-25-7349305</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>The Redwoods Centre</p>
            <p>Shrewsbury</p>
            <p>SY3 8DS</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong> Working in the Outreach service in West Mercia, with the flexibility of working across the locality Liaison &amp; Diversion Services, dependent on skill and service need. To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raise aspirations of life. To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. To support the implementation of groups. To support service users in developing other areas of interest. Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing. Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity. Ensure that service users peer recovery goals are integrated into a Resettlement plan. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice. To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team. To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks. To have an awareness of the IOH model and pathways. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the work area. Adapt practice to meet the individuals circumstances, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences. Work collaboratively with members of the Health and Justice Team, HMPP, Health care Professionals and all relevant agencies involved within the role. To make records of work undertaken according to Trust documentation standards. To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary. To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role, as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the work area. To remain up to date and compliant with mandatory training requirements. To undertake other duties as may be required suitable to the banding of the post.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong> Working in the Outreach service in West Mercia, with the flexibility of working across the locality Liaison &amp; Diversion Services, dependent on skill and service need. To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raise aspirations of life. To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. To support the implementation of groups. To support service users in developing other areas of interest. Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing. Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity. Ensure that service users peer recovery goals are integrated into a Resettlement plan. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice. To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team. To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks. To have an awareness of the IOH model and pathways. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the work area. Adapt practice to meet the individuals circumstances, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences. Work collaboratively with members of the Health and Justice Team, HMPP, Health care Professionals and all relevant agencies involved within the role. To make records of work undertaken according to Trust documentation standards. To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary. To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role, as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the work area. To remain up to date and compliant with mandatory training requirements. To undertake other duties as may be required suitable to the banding of the post.</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Willingness to use own experiences to support others</li>
        
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          <li>Experience of supporting people in the community</li>
          
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        <li>Able to fulfil the requirement to commute across the whole of the West Mercia Area</li>
        
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    <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>The Redwoods Centre</p>
            <p>Shrewsbury</p>
            <p>SY3 8DS</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Redwoods Centre</p>
                    <p>Shrewsbury</p>
                    <p>SY3 8DS</p>
        
      

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

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