Job Introduction
Perinatal Peer Supporter
Service: Bradford Perinatal Support Service
Location: Based in Bradford – working across Bradford District including Keighley and Shipley
Hours: 22.2 hours per week (part-time)
Salary: £24,206 FTE per annum (£14,523.60 per annum for part-time, 22.2 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent
Family Action & the Service:
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
Do you have experience of being a new parent? Are you a great listener who is skilled at connecting with others? Would you like to grow in a role where you can use your own lived experience to support new and expectant mums? If so, we want to hear from you.
Family Action Perinatal Support Service offers one to one peer support for women, who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues pre and post birth.
Your impact:
As a Peer Supporter, you will work with new and expectant mums to improve maternal mental health and emotional wellbeing, whilst helping parents to be more emotionally available for their babies. You will assess their needs, support them through their recovery journey by providing listening support sessions, and working jointly on recovery plans. You will build trusting relationships that allow service users to feel safe to share their thoughts and feelings, and ensure access to other forms of support through effective signposting.
Your skills & Experience (please see job description for more information):
You will have your own experience of pregnancy, birth and caring for a new born, or you will have supported someone close to you through this critical perinatal period. You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the emotional impact of pregnancy and birth and the demands of parenthood. You will be able to empathise with the needs of families during the vital first 1001 days of their baby’s life, and be able to deliver messages about perinatal mental health, and the importance of attachment and bonding. We are looking for positive and self-motivated individuals who are keen to learn and develop within this exciting role. We are looking for excellent listening skills, empathy, and ability to build rapport. Successful candidates will also have good organisational and time management skills. You will be able to keep on top of a busy caseload whilst delivering high quality support. You will be required to travel frequently, across the Bradford district, to deliver face to face support often in people’s homes. You will be involved in developing relationships and building links with other professionals and local support services . You will use your connections to support service users to access local services and to generate appropriate referrals. You will provide guidance on how parents can effectively relate to their baby.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 25 working days plus bank holidays.
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions.
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment.
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions;
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers,
- cycle to work scheme,
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect
To Apply: Visit our website Careers Page: Info
Closing date: Friday 28th February 2025
We would particularly welcome applications from candidates who can speak and understand Urdu, Punjabi or Bengali; or who can speak and understand Polish, Czech or Slovak. We would welcome these language skills as this will help our work, these languages are spoken in the communities we serve.
Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy please contact: katie.james@family-action.org.uk
