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Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Carer peer support worker

The closing date is 10 September 2025

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Job summary

Carer Peer Support Worker in the Children and Young Peoples Eating Disorder Team

Job overview

Do you have personal experience of caring for a loved one who has an Eating Disorder?

Do you want to use this experience to help others as a Carer Peer Support Worker?

Peer support is when people use their own lived experiences to support others who are having similar experiences.This is an exciting opportunity for someone with personal experience of supporting and caring for a family member or friend with mental health challenges, to share their experience and support others.

We are looking for Carer Peer Support Workers to work within the Children and Young peoples Eating Disorder Team (CEDS).

Main duties of the job

Carer Peer Support Workers for CEDS are successfully managing their own wellbeing and have experience of caring for and supporting a loved one who has experience of Eating Disorder or Restriction. The aim of the role is to support other individuals who are caring for children and young people using the service.

The role is to compliment the support given by healthcare professionals to inspire hope and empower people to reach their own individual recovery goals and make sense of their personal journey as a carer.

You do not need to have prior peer support experience or training to apply for this role. You will be expected to attend a Peer Support Worker course if you have not undertaken prior training.

A recognised Peer Support training qualification is available.

Applicants who do not indicate that they have lived experience or that of supporting a young person with an Eating Disorder in their application will not be considered for the role.

Our experience is that the people most likely to be invited to interview are those who refer to the points on the person specification in their supporting statement.

Note down the relevant skills and experience you have that are related to the essential and desirable criteria in the supporting information, as your application will be shortlisted against these criteria.

Please confirm on your supporting statement that you have your own experience of caring for a child or young person and describe how you manage your wellbeing now.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG300-ACS

Job locations

The Brambles moving to The Sett

Northampton

NN5 6UH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

essential and desirable

Essential

-Lived experience and / or of caring for others with a an eating disorder/food restriction.
-Knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work
-Experience working as part of a team
-Prepared to undertake Peer Support Worker training

Desirable

-Completed or doing Peer Support Worker training
-Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
-Attendance at Peer support worker training

essential and desirable

Essential

-Managing personal mental health and recovery

Desirable

-Attendance at the Co-production Recovery College course

Person Specification

essential and desirable

Essential

-Lived experience and / or of caring for others with a an eating disorder/food restriction.
-Knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work
-Experience working as part of a team
-Prepared to undertake Peer Support Worker training

Desirable

-Completed or doing Peer Support Worker training
-Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
-Attendance at Peer support worker training

essential and desirable

Essential

-Managing personal mental health and recovery

Desirable

-Attendance at the Co-production Recovery College course

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.