NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Peer Support Worker ADHD
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Are you passionate about using your lived experience of ADHD to support others?
We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Peer Support Worker to join our ADHD Service. This is an exciting opportunity to use your personal experience to inspire hope, build confidence and empower people living with ADHD.
As part of our multidisciplinary team, you'll work alongside clinicians, service users and partners to help shape and develop the service. You'll co-produce and deliver workshops and courses, provide peer support within the community, raise awareness of ADHD, and contribute to creating a service that is informed by the voices and experiences of the people who use it.
Your insight and lived experience will play a vital role in helping others navigate their ADHD journey while promoting recovery, inclusion and self-management.
Main duties of the job
In this rewarding role, you will provide peer support to people accessing the ADHD Service, drawing appropriately on your own lived experience to encourage, motivate and empower others. You will work collaboratively with colleagues and service users to co-produce workshops, groups and educational resources that promote understanding of ADHD and support individuals to develop practical strategies and confidence.
You will help raise awareness of ADHD within the community, encourage people to access appropriate support, and contribute ideas to the ongoing development and improvement of the service. By sharing your experience in a safe, professional and meaningful way, you will help ensure the service remains person-centred and responsive to the needs of those who use it.
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We're Looking For Someone Who Can Demonstrate
- Lived experience of ADHD, either as someone with ADHD or as an unpaid carer, family member or significant supporter, with the ability to use this experience appropriately to support others.
- A compassionate, empathetic and non-judgemental approach.
- Excellent communication and listening skills.
- The ability to build positive, trusting relationships with service users and colleagues.
- A commitment to co-production and collaborative working.
- Confidence in facilitating or contributing to groups, workshops or community activities.
- A passion for advocating for people with ADHD and promoting understanding, inclusion and recovery.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
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High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
For More Information Please Contact
Stuart Maysmor-Gee.
Interim Service Manager,
Trustwide ADHD Service
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