CNWL Surrey Sexual Health and HIV Services appoint HIV Peer Support Worker

CNWL Surrey Sexual Health and HIV Services is delighted to announce that a HIV Peer Support Worker is joining the team of professionals.   The role of the HIV Peer Support Worker is to offer peer support to people living with HIV and to help service users identify goals and develop personal recovery/ self-management plans. 

The role of the peer support worker in an HIV context is to support people to attain the recovery of  life after HIV diagnosis and through sharing wisdom from their own experiences.  Peer Support Workers inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.

The Peer Support Worker will meet with service users on a 1-1, group or drop-in basis providing ongoing support and will work with allied colleagues to develop and deliver a varied offer of peer support activities to support the service users of the Surrey HIV service. They will promote the use of a ‘coaching’ role to support service users in identifying goals and developing personal recovery/ self-management plans

This is an exciting new service to Surrey which has been funded by Surrey County Council Public Health Team. 

About the CNWL HIV Service:

The Surrey HIV services are based across three locations, Guildford, Redhill and Woking  offering a completely free and confidential service. The multi-disciplinary team (MDT) includes Consultants, Specialist nurses, Psychologists, a Pharmacist,  Peer Support Worker, Health Care Support Workers and admin support.  

If any of your patients are registered with the service and would like to book an appointment with the HIV Peer Support Worker, they can call 01895 484948.  They can also visit the CNWL website for further information.