Peer Support Worker for the Rehab and Recovery Team Carlow / Kilkenny

As part of my role as a peer support worker with the Psychiatry of Later Life team, I am required to use my lived experience of mental health recovery to help others in similar situations to do same. This requires me to use my interpersonal skills as I have to communicate effectively to service users, family members / carers and the multidisciplinary team. I am also required to have a working knowledge of mental health recovery, peer support as well as the policies and procedures relating to my… Show more As part of my role as a peer support worker with the Psychiatry of Later Life team, I am required to use my lived experience of mental health recovery to help others in similar situations to do same. This requires me to use my interpersonal skills as I have to communicate effectively to service users, family members / carers and the multidisciplinary team. I am also required to have a working knowledge of mental health recovery, peer support as well as the policies and procedures relating to my workplace such as the lone worker policy and the safeguarding policy. Show less

As part of my general nursing placements, my responsibilities included: helping patients with their activities of daily living which include personal hygiene and helping them to feed themselves. Other responsibilities with this role was to administer medications through a variety of different routes which included orally, subcutaneously, intramusulary and intraveneously. A large part of this role was also in the monitoring of acutely unwell patients by taking their observations such as… Show more As part of my general nursing placements, my responsibilities included: helping patients with their activities of daily living which include personal hygiene and helping them to feed themselves. Other responsibilities with this role was to administer medications through a variety of different routes which included orally, subcutaneously, intramusulary and intraveneously. A large part of this role was also in the monitoring of acutely unwell patients by taking their observations such as blood pressure temperature and respiration rate. Show less