Oxford Health NHS Trust

(Part-Time) Peer Support Worker – CAMHS Intellectual Disabilities

The closing date is 12 April 2026

Job summary

Do you have prior personal lived experience of ill-mental health?

We are recruiting for a Peer Support Worker to join Oxford Health Buckinghamshire CAMHS. This vacancy is an excellent opportunity for people with lived experience of personal mental health challenges.

Are you passionate about working with families of children and young people with intellectual disability, who wants to be able to work flexibly out in the community? Do you want to support families whose children are communicating their distress through behaviour and help those families build their resilience, coping skills and hope for the future? Are you a parent of a child or adult with Learning Disability and understand the challenges that that brings? Then this role is for you.

You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to support families with strategies and make meaningful changes to reduce their young person's distress working closely with other members of the team in assessments, 1:1 time with families and support groups. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their Learning Disability, neurodivergence, and mental health.

Main duties of the job

As a Peer Support Worker you'll use your own lived experience of mental health challenges, drawing on empathy informed by your own experiences to support service users/families who are accessing mental health services.

The role is predominantly based in Sue Nicholls Centre, Aylesbury, with additional expectation to work from Saffron House, High Wycombe.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

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

Date posted

01 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

267-BM7868273

Job locations

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton Rd

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP20 1EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

Person Specification

Question 1

Essential

Tell us about your existing knowledge of mental health conditions and about any courses you have already completed.

Question 2

Essential

Tell us why you have the ability to offer specialist support using your personal experience of recovery.

Question 3

Essential

Tell us about your previous or current experience working within Peer Support or a similar caring role.

Question 4

Essential

Tell us an about a time when you needed to use your own initiative while at work or within a personal setting.

Question 5

Essential

Tell us how you have previously developed and maintained sound working relationships with members of your team at work.

Person Specification

Question 1

Essential

Tell us about your existing knowledge of mental health conditions and about any courses you have already completed.

Question 2

Essential

Tell us why you have the ability to offer specialist support using your personal experience of recovery.

Question 3

Essential

Tell us about your previous or current experience working within Peer Support or a similar caring role.

Question 4

Essential

Tell us an about a time when you needed to use your own initiative while at work or within a personal setting.

Question 5

Essential

Tell us how you have previously developed and maintained sound working relationships with members of your team at work.

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

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton Rd

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP20 1EG

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton Rd

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP20 1EG

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)