North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Senior Peer Support Worker

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Job summary

Band 5 Senior Peer Support Worker:

An exciting opportunity has developed for a band 5 Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor to join our inpatient services.

The role of Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor (Senior PSWS) has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and who has experience of effectively utilising their recovery journey within mental health settings, in a Peer Support Worker capacity. They will also have experience of supervising other Peer support workers. In the context of NSCHT, the Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor will (with guidance from the Recovery and Experience Lead) facilitate and support the introduction of peer support worker roles across our Inpatient services, our approach to trauma informed practice and help to shape our exciting developments within the culture of care standards. The role will include embedding coproduction across the directorate and directly input into the development and sustainability of peer support worker posts, including role definition.

The Senior PSWS will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others, taking a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service settings in which they work, alongside other Trust recovery champions. The post holder will act as an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations, co-delivering learning and development sessions to external agencies.

Main duties of the job

The role of Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor (Senior PSWS) has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and are professionally utilising these experiences within mental health settings in a Peer Support Worker capacity. In the context of NSCHT, the Senior Peer Support Worker will, with guidance from the Recovery and Experience Lead, facilitate and support the expansion of peer support worker roles across the inpatient services. The role will include inputting to the development and sustainability of peer support worker posts, including role definition.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk).As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers.In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

12 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-AUC-7037558

Job locations

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To work with the multi-disciplinary team alongside newly appointed peer support workers to deliver interventions to those individuals accessing NSCHT services.

2. To assume a coaching and supervision role to support peer support workers.

3. To establish supportive and respectful relationships.

4. To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate self-management skills and techniques, using own experience of recovery.

5. To act as a role model to all to inspire hope, share life experiences and lessons learned as a person in recovery and as a peer support worker.

6. To assist individuals in managing their mental health on a day to day basis including providing support with activities of daily living such as care of self, budgeting, personal care, caring for their home and leisure activities.

7. To assist service users to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals; providing opportunities for service users to direct their own recovery process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To work with the multi-disciplinary team alongside newly appointed peer support workers to deliver interventions to those individuals accessing NSCHT services.

2. To assume a coaching and supervision role to support peer support workers.

3. To establish supportive and respectful relationships.

4. To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate self-management skills and techniques, using own experience of recovery.

5. To act as a role model to all to inspire hope, share life experiences and lessons learned as a person in recovery and as a peer support worker.

7. To assist service users to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals; providing opportunities for service users to direct their own recovery process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oEducation to degree level qualification within relevant field

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of mental health problems

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oEducation to degree level qualification within relevant field

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of mental health problems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)