Role Profile

Job title:                           Maternal Mental Health BAME Peer Support Worker

Location:                           HEY Smile Foundation, providing support across the East Riding

Reports to (Job Title):         Head of Smile Health 

Salary scale:                       £25,000 FTE

Working Hours:                  20/30 hours per week dependent on candidate

Contract Duration:             One year fixed term

Closing date:                     Midnight Sunday 11th December 2022

About us:

There has never been a more exciting time to join the HEY Smile Foundation team. Our work spans across the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE), as well as connecting opportunities with the private and public sector.

We are connected, joining assets to community knowledge, creativity and inspiration. We are helping VCSE organisations of all shapes and sizes be heard and play a part in solutions, not just highlight community problems.

A key function of our work is our Smile Health stream, linking health providers with the voluntary sector to get the best outcomes.

Working as part of the Maternity Mental Health Project with Hull University Teaching Hospital Trust we wish to set up the project to help and support Women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in our Integrated Care System who have suffered or are coping with baby loss.  The project will focus on mental health and wellbeing, peer support, overcoming barriers to health care and will be a place where we can connect people who have shared life experiences as well as a reach out to those who may need support.

We want to reach out and engage with our non-white communities and provide a sustainable support project which will adapt and grow to their needs.  We will adopt strategies for longer term engagement, development and success.  Our project will take a holistic approach, including cultural, language and religious needs. We will provide one-to-one support to individuals as well as group support, workshops, family support.

To lead on this project we are recruiting a Maternal Mental Health BAME Peer Support Worker.

The role will report to our Head of Smile Health with a line into our partners at the Maternal Mental Health Service, Hull University Teaching Hospital Trust who will provide professional clinical supervision. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has lived experience of baby loss and an acute knowledge of the needs of our local Black, Asian, and Minority ethnic communities to shape a project and to have a huge impact

Interested? Contact Clare Woodard, Head of Smile Health for an informal chat about the role. cw@heysmilefoundation.org 

To view the full job description, please click here.

To apply for the role, please submit your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification and detailing why you would like to take up this role to here.  

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