Neurodiversity Peer Support Worker - Apprenticeship Opportunity
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT · Yorkshire And Humberside · S61 1HE
About the role
🌟 Make a Real Impact Through Your Lived Experience! 🌟
Are you neurodivergent, or do you have firsthand experience navigating neurodevelopmental services for yourself or a family member? We're on the hunt for compassionate, motivated, and enthusiastic Peer Support Workers to join our expanding Children's and Adults Neurodevelopmental Services team! 🤝
This is a fantastic chance to leverage your unique journey to support neurodivergent children, adults, and their families as they engage with our neurodevelopmental pathways. As a Peer Support Worker, you'll team up with clinicians, families, and partner agencies to offer practical, strengths-focused, and neuroaffirming support. Your role will be crucial in helping neurodivergent young people and adults build confidence, deepen self-understanding, and develop self-advocacy skills, all while guiding them through significant life and educational transitions. 🚀
No Level 3 qualification? No worries! RDaSH is offering this position alongside the opportunity to complete a Level 3 apprenticeship qualification relevant to your role. As an RDaSH apprentice, you'll gain invaluable experience, learn essential work skills, and acquire all the tools needed to excel. Your apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or dedicated training organisation, with approximately 20% of your working hours dedicated to learning and studying, leading to a nationally recognised qualification. 🎓
What You'll Be Doing:
- Building strong, trusting relationships with neurodivergent young people, adults, and their families. ❤️
- Sharing your lived experience professionally and purposefully to inspire hope and confidence. ✨
- Empowering neurodivergent individuals to understand their strengths, needs, and preferences. 💡
- Assisting in the development of communication passports, self-advocacy tools, and practical strategies. 📝
- Supporting engagement with appointments and services. 🗓️
- Providing information, signposting, and practical assistance. 🗺️
- Collaborating effectively with various agencies, health professionals, community organisations, and families. 🤝
- Contributing to service improvement and co-production initiatives. 📈
Before you apply: Please take a moment to review the attached job description and person specification for full details.
Applying via the apprenticeship route? Make sure to check the attached eligibility document to confirm you meet the criteria to undertake an apprenticeship. 📜
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. ⏳
Key responsibilities
- Build supportive and trusting relationships with neurodivergent young people and adults and their families.
- Share lived experience in a purposeful and professional way to inspire hope and confidence.
- Support neurodivergent children and adults to understand their strengths, needs and preferences.
- Help develop communication passports, self-advocacy tools and practical strategies.
- Work collaboratively with agencies, health professionals, community organisations and families.
Entry requirements
Essential qualifications (Essential A good standard of general education, including functional literacy and numeracy, or equivalent demonstrable skills English and Maths at level 2 or equivalent (GCSE 9-4 or A*- C or functional skills level 2) Willingness and ability to complete Trust mandatory training and rolespecific peersupport, safeguarding, boundaries, record keeping and informationgovernance training. Desirable Relevant qualification in peer support, health, social care, youth work, education, community development or coaching. Completed recognised peersupport training.)