Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Job Summary:
As an integral and highly valued member of the Adult Autism Diagnostic Service, the Peer Support Worker (PSW) will provide formalised peer support and assistance to service users in particular pre- and post-diagnostic support. The successful applicant will work within a multidisciplinary team in an Adult Autism Diagnostic Service to deliver pre- and post-diagnostic support to autistic adults (age 18+) across the London boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The peer support worker role uses lived experience to improve outcomes for other autistic adults through direct support (through group and individual interventions) and indirectly via providing lived experience support to staff across the trust. There is a growing consensus that people’s health is greatly influenced by a range of social, economic and environmental factors. This role will take these social determinants of health into account in providing support to service users.
The PSW will promote their role, through the provision of information and a range of learning opportunities for the multidisciplinary team and others across the trust.
As a core member of the Autism Team, the PSW will carry out some generic duties. The PSW will work alongside service users on a 1:1 basis and there may be some opportunities for group work as the post gets established. The PSW will also have the opportunity to co-work with other colleagues.
About us
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London’s population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
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