Senior Peer Support Worker

Job summary

Here at CWPT, we value lived experience and the impact it can have in the recovery of the people we care for.

It is why, for the first time, we're embedding lived experience roles across our acute mental health and learning disability services, and we're looking for a senior peer support worker (PSW) to join us at this exciting time.

This role is for someone with lived experience of receiving inpatient care and can represent our learning disability and/or neurodiverse communities. We are looking for someone who feels comfortable using their experiences, empathy and understanding to help others and to inspire hope and recovery. As this is a senior role, so you will need a peer support qualification and have completed or be willing to complete the PSW supervisor training.

As a senior PSW you will support and provide supervision to more junior PSWs to help them safely navigate and thrive in the role. You will also work alongside ward teams to prepare for this unique new role.

Your impact will be wide-reaching. As well as working alongside a number of multidisciplinary teams, you'll work closely with the Recovery and Wellbeing Academy, which delivers educational courses and workshops to anyone over the age of 18 living in Coventry and Warwickshire. You will contribute to the co-creation and delivery of these workshops and support more junior members of the team to do the same.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.