Mental Health Peer Support Worker

Join us as we launch a brand-new residential rehabilitation and Discharge to Assess service supporting people with complex mental health needs on their recovery journey. This exciting new development offers a unique opportunity to help shape an innovative service that supports people experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties to build confidence, develop practical living skills, and move towards greater independence.

About the Service

The Stewarts is a new residential mental health service providing two distinct pathways designed to support people at different stages of their recovery journey. The service offers Intensive Enablement and Rehabilitation beds, supporting people for up to 18 months within a structured and therapeutic environment. The focus is on recovery, skills development, building confidence, promoting independence, and preparing people for successful move on into longer term accommodation. Alongside this, The Stewarts provides Discharge to Assess (D2A) beds, offering short term support of up to six weeks for people stepping down from acute mental health wards or requiring a short term step up from community services. Through structured assessment, regular reviews, and collaborative planning, individuals are supported to move on to the most appropriate longer term pathway. The service supports adults aged 18 and over who may present with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, co existing substance use, mild learning disabilities, complex physical health needs, or behaviours that challenge services. Every individual is supported through a personalised, strengths based approach that promotes recovery, independence, and social inclusion.

As a Peer Support Worker, you will draw upon your own lived experience of recovery to promote hope, empowerment, and positive change for the people we support.

Main Responsibilities

• Use your personal recovery experience appropriately and safely to inspire hope and support others in their own recovery journeys.
• Build positive, trusting, and therapeutic relationships with residents across both the Intensive Enablement and D2A pathways.
• Support individuals to identify and achieve meaningful recovery goals through person centred planning and key working.
• Promote independence by supporting people to develop daily living skills, including budgeting, meal preparation, self care, tenancy responsibilities, and community engagement.
• Facilitate one to one and group based peer support sessions that encourage reflection, resilience, self management, and wellbeing.
• Encourage social inclusion and support individuals to build positive networks within their local communities.
• Work alongside Recovery Workers, healthcare professionals, families, carers, and partner agencies to deliver coordinated support.
• Contribute to risk management, safeguarding, and positive risk taking approaches that balance safety with independence.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to support reviews, recovery planning, and outcome monitoring.
• Support residents through periods of transition, including admission, discharge, and move on planning.

The Ideal Candidate

• Have personal lived experience of mental health recovery and be able to use this experience appropriately to support and inspire others.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of recovery principles, mental health, wellbeing, and social inclusion.
• Be able to model hope, resilience, self awareness, personal responsibility, and self advocacy.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive and trusting relationships.
• Be able to share effective coping strategies, recovery tools, and self management techniques drawn from personal experience.
• Have an understanding of the challenges faced by people experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties and other complex needs.
• Be able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team while also managing your own responsibilities effectively.
• Demonstrate a non judgemental, compassionate, and person centred approach.
• Remain calm and effective when supporting people through challenging situations.
• Have a genuine commitment to helping people build fulfilling, meaningful, and independent lives.
• Most importantly, you will share our values and bring authenticity, empathy, and optimism to every interaction, helping people discover their strengths, achieve their ambitions, and build lasting recovery.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. We run all of our services on a not for profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

• We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.
• You will get 31days' paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 33days.
• Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

Turning Point BenefitsJoin our team and help people discover hope, build confidence, and achieve lasting recovery.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received prior to the advertised closing date.