Community Peer Support Worker Development Post
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Job Description
Do you have lived experience of recovery from Mental Health challenges that required secondary mental health services? Do you want to use your experience to help others?
If so, an opportunity has arisen for a Peer Support Worker to join the Milton Keynes Community Mental Health Hub. The successful candidate will work alongside members of the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team.
This role is specifically for individuals who have experience of recovery from a mental health diagnosis and have accessed secondary mental health services.Please ensure this information is clearly highlighted in your application.
The post holder will play a key role in integrating recovery values across the service settings in which they work, collaborating with other Trust recovery champions. As an ambassador for recovery, they will actively share and draw upon their own lived experience to inspire others, challenge stigma and discrimination, and promote a culture of recovery within the Trust.
We are looking for motivated individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who can work flexibly under supervision to meet the demands of this exciting and varied role. Regular clinical and peer support-specific supervision will be provided.
This is an exciting development opportunity as the successful applicant will begin as a Band 3 but, upon completion of a Competencies Development Plan after 12 months, you will proceed to a Band 4 position.
Main duties of the job
As a core member of the Multi-Disciplinary team, the Peer Support Worker will work with service users on a 1:1 and/or group basis. The post holder will have the opportunity to co-work with other lived experience and clinical colleagues.
The Peer Support Worker will support the co-facilitation of Recovery College courses on Zoom andwill develop partnership working within the local community as well as with 3rd Sector peer networks.
For detailed duties of the role, please see the attached Job Description document.
Visa rules are changing from 9th April 2025. this role may not be eligible for a sponsorship. Please see link here for further information on eligibility.
About us
CNWL employs over 100 peer workers in a variety of settings.
Our Mental health services, include:
- Inpatient services (including Older Adult and Rehabilitation)
- Community Mental Health Hubs
- Eating Disorders Services
- Perinatal Mental Health Services
- The Dual Diagnosis Team (Define what this means to new people starting in the trust as not clear)
- Carer and Parent Peer Support Workers
- The Young Adult Pathway
Services beyond Mental Health, including:
o Complex Care
o Addictions Services
o Health and Justice
o Blood Borne Viruses (HIV and HBV) Services
o The Recovery & Wellbeing College
Find out more about Peer and Lived experience working with these videos:
Short film: Peer and Lived Experience Working in CNWL
Short film: What is Lived Experience Practice?
Community Peer Support Worker Development Post
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Date posted
30 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year This is a Band 3 to Band 4 development post.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
333-D-MK-MH-1252
Job locations
Queensway Clinic
226 Queensway, Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK2 2TE
Application process
If you’re interested click on official website to apply