Peer Support Worker Apprentice - Oxford City / NE Oxon PCMHT
The closing date is 23 July 2025
Job summary
Do you have prior lived experience of mental health challenges?
This post is recruiting for a Peer Support Worker within the Oxford Health Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Service.
Peer Support Workers (PSWs) are people who have their own lived experience of mental health challenges or have supported/cared for someone with mental health challenges. They use empathy informed by their own experiences to support service users/families who are accessing mental health services.
We're looking for people who are compassionate, can work well in a team, highly motivated and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be provided with training for the role and given the opportunity to complete the national recognised care certificate.
As part of our services across Oxfordshire, we are implementing Keystone Mental Health & Wellbeing Hubs to support GP practices with Mental Health assessment and support for patients in their communities. The hubs have been developed to improve the health and wellbeing of people who experience serious and complex mental health difficulties in the community.
Peer support workers assist clients to identify their goals and aid in their recovery process by drawing on their own lived experience of recovery.
Team working hours are Mon-Fri 9-5.
Main duties of the job
The Peer Support Worker role sees the introduction of lived experience into everyday practice. PSW's offer a combination of group and one to one work and will work within the multi-disciplinary team to support a service users recovery journey. The post holder will facilitate formal and informal learning, working with staff in clinical practice and supporting clinical teams to develop recovery-based practice.
Peer Support Workers model the recovery principles together with personal responsibility, self-awareness and self-care whilst undertaking the duties of the role.
Lived experience:
- Drawing on lived experience of mental health to provide emotional and practical support to an allocated group of service users to promote their recovery. This may include avoidance of admission and/or promoting recovery for inpatient's by helping them to identify and build their own support network.
- To support service users to engage effectively with care being offered and access appropriate services.
- To build relationships that are founded on the value of mutuality which will facilitate the provision of regular and practical support.
- Where appropriate challenge discrimination and reducing the stigma of mental ill health.
- To positively promote independent living of service users through role-modelling individual recovery journeys
- To build rapport with service users, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Details
Date posted
09 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum/pro-rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
267-OA7318722
Job locations
Keystone Kidlington Hub and Keystone Oxford
141 – 145 Cowley Road
Oxford
OX4 1HU
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Keystone Kidlington Hub and Keystone Oxford
141 – 145 Cowley Road
Oxford
OX4 1HU
Employer's website
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