North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Peer Support Worker

The closing date is 22 May 2025

Job summary

Band 3 Peer Support Worker [part time and full time hours available]:

An exciting opportunity has developed for a band 3 Peer Support Worker to join our inpatient, Acute and Urgent Care Directorate.

The role of the Peer Support Worker 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.

The Peer Support Worker will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others, 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

Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path towards recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. As such we would actively seek peers who have lived experience of both the criminal justice system and a health and social care need, e.g. mental health, substance misuse, etc.

The Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to engage with appropriate services, develop an identity outside of the criminal justice system, regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user through their recovery journey, and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey.

Peer Support Workers work as part of the team and work in collaboration with colleagues within the team. Peer Support Workers engage with service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting service users to gain and maintain independence in the community. The Peer Support Worker will assist service users in raising aspirations and developing personal goals, with the aim to be supported and increase further social capital.

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

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

232-AUC-7140412

Job locations

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raising hope for change and aspirations of live.

To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager.

To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals.

To support the implementation of groups

To support service users in developing other areas of interest.

Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing.

Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity.

To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice.

To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.

To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team.

To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks.

To have an awareness of the IOH model and pathways.

To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary.

To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role as agreed with team supervisor and team manager.

To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.

To undertake other duties as may be required suitable to the banding of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raising hope for change and aspirations of live.

To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager.

To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals.

To support the implementation of groups

To support service users in developing other areas of interest.

Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing.

Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity.

To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice.

To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.

To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team.

To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks.

To have an awareness of the IOH model and pathways.

To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary.

To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role as agreed with team supervisor and team manager.

To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.

To undertake other duties as may be required suitable to the banding of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oEnglish language literacy and numeracy skills to the standard necessary to provide clear, understandable records on computerised system (Lorenzo) and fulfil job description.

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of the criminal justice system

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of an additional vulnerability: mental health, substance misuse, alcohol misuse, veteran, etc.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oEnglish language literacy and numeracy skills to the standard necessary to provide clear, understandable records on computerised system (Lorenzo) and fulfil job description.

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of the criminal justice system

Experience

Essential

oPersonal lived experience of an additional vulnerability: mental health, substance misuse, alcohol misuse, veteran, etc.

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)