• Job Description

  Req#: C9325-24-0793?language=en&page=735&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Trauma-Informed Lived Experience Practitioner will use their lived experience of trauma and of using services to primarily support the delivery of trauma-informed training to staff, and / or to students of the SABP Recovery College. Staff will be from a range of disciplines across Surrey and North-East Hampshire. They will also be contributing their lived experience insights to trauma-informed projects, and to the development and evaluation of the service.

  We strongly recommend that you get in touch to have a conversation about the job before applying so that we can tell you more about the position and to help you decide if you're right for the role. If you would like to do this, please contact nicola.rushent@sabp.nhs.uk

  Main duties of the job

  The Trauma-Informed Lived Experience Practitioner will:

  • Co-develop and co-deliver training to staff, people with mental health difficulties and carers. Training will relate to areas such as trauma, trauma-informed approaches, mental health difficulties, interventions for trauma and skills development. This is not exhaustive, and the content will depend on the needs of the services involved.
  • Adapt development and delivery of training for the audience and setting, recognising that attendees will be adults of all ages and backgrounds, and as such the training must be sensitive to a range of needs.
  • Support the development of knowledge and skills during training through sharing the wisdom of their own lived experience. Inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.
  • Contribute to training and wider service administration, for example: helping to organise the training, collating registers of attendees and collating attendee feedback.
  • Contribute to training and wider service evaluation, supporting the use of relevant and appropriate outcome measures.
  • Under guidance, conduct literature reviews and contribute to the write-up and dissemination of service evaluation and audit.
  • Contribute using their lived experience insights to trauma-informed projects the service are involved with, and to service development.
  • Work closely with the Lived Experience Lead and other relevant staff as required.
  • Attend pre- and post-training support meetings, and regular supervision.

  About us

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

  We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

  Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

  Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

  For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

  Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

  Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

  We look forward to receiving your application!

  Date posted

  22 August 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum including fringe HCAS pro rate

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  6 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Job share

  Reference number

  325-6132425-CORP-A

  Job locations

  18 Mole Business Park

  Randall's Road

  Leatherhead

  KT22 7AD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the job description and person specification for the detailed job description and main responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the job description and person specification for the detailed job description and main responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health issues (including trauma and issues arising from experiencing trauma) and recovery
  • Knowledge or commitment to obtain knowledge regarding trauma-informed approaches
  • Experience of any voluntary or paid employment
  • An interest in working with staff, people with mental and physical health difficulties and carers
  • Lived experience of trauma, or of caring for someone who has
  • Lived experience of accessing relevant services or caring for someone who has
  • Willingness to positively share your own experiences of trauma and recovery with others
  • Ability to guide others in taking charge of their own recovery, and/or assisting the recovery of others they care for at work

  Desirable

  • Completed an accredited peer support worker course
  • Completed an accredited facilitation or coaching course
  • Attended a Recovery College course and / or trauma-informed training
  • Paid or unpaid peer support worker/training/teaching experience
  • Experience of supporting, teaching or coaching others
  • Understand services (such as mental health, physical health, social care, education)

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Understanding of peer support
  • Evidence of good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion, patience, appreciate / understand other people's worlds and be non-judgmental
  • Ability to problem solve and help people find solutions to their problems
  • Good organisational skills
  • Effective team player
  • Acceptable level of written literacy and numeracy
  • Basic IT skills i.e. Microsoft Word, Outlook and Teams
  • Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and an ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/ equal opportunities.
  • Ability to sit in a constricted position and maintain intense concentration during tasks at the computer.
  • Ability to drive or be able to use public transport in order to access Leatherhead HQ / community locations.
  • Ability to move furniture and equipment of varying weight in line with manual handling regulations.
  • Ability to assess and manage risk occasionally and to sustain concentration in unpredictable situations.
  • Able to translate complex concepts into an understandable framework for attendees.
  • An ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance, unpredictability and emergency situations
  • Ability to manage occasional exposure to highly distressing and emotive situations and disclosures, including disclosures of child abuse, suicidal intent and actual suicide
  • Ability to reflect on personal emotions that may impact on the work in supervision.
  • Able to manage boundaries within professional relationships
  • Able to recognise limitations and ask for help.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of how to build community links and networks

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health issues (including trauma and issues arising from experiencing trauma) and recovery
  • Knowledge or commitment to obtain knowledge regarding trauma-informed approaches
  • Experience of any voluntary or paid employment
  • An interest in working with staff, people with mental and physical health difficulties and carers
  • Lived experience of trauma, or of caring for someone who has
  • Lived experience of accessing relevant services or caring for someone who has
  • Willingness to positively share your own experiences of trauma and recovery with others
  • Ability to guide others in taking charge of their own recovery, and/or assisting the recovery of others they care for at work

  Desirable

  • Completed an accredited peer support worker course
  • Completed an accredited facilitation or coaching course
  • Attended a Recovery College course and / or trauma-informed training
  • Paid or unpaid peer support worker/training/teaching experience
  • Experience of supporting, teaching or coaching others
  • Understand services (such as mental health, physical health, social care, education)

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Understanding of peer support
  • Evidence of good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion, patience, appreciate / understand other people's worlds and be non-judgmental
  • Ability to problem solve and help people find solutions to their problems
  • Good organisational skills
  • Effective team player
  • Acceptable level of written literacy and numeracy
  • Basic IT skills i.e. Microsoft Word, Outlook and Teams
  • Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and an ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/ equal opportunities.
  • Ability to sit in a constricted position and maintain intense concentration during tasks at the computer.
  • Ability to drive or be able to use public transport in order to access Leatherhead HQ / community locations.
  • Ability to move furniture and equipment of varying weight in line with manual handling regulations.
  • Ability to assess and manage risk occasionally and to sustain concentration in unpredictable situations.
  • Able to translate complex concepts into an understandable framework for attendees.
  • An ability to act calmly and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance, unpredictability and emergency situations
  • Ability to manage occasional exposure to highly distressing and emotive situations and disclosures, including disclosures of child abuse, suicidal intent and actual suicide
  • Ability to reflect on personal emotions that may impact on the work in supervision.
  • Able to manage boundaries within professional relationships
  • Able to recognise limitations and ask for help.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of how to build community links and networks

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  18 Mole Business Park

  Randall's Road

  Leatherhead

  KT22 7AD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  18 Mole Business Park

  Randall's Road

  Leatherhead

  KT22 7AD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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