Job summary
We are excited to share an opportunity for a Band 3 Peer Support Worker.
This role involves working within one of our hubs located in Redhill, working closely with our crisis and home treatment service in East and Mid Surrey.
As a Peer Support Worker you will be working alongside home treatment team staff to provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to support service users in their recovery journey. You will take a lead in identifying and referring service users to the service and provide one-to-one support and coaching for people from a lived experience perspective.
Main duties of the job
To provide one-to-one support for people from a lived experience perspective, in whatever environment is suitable and applicable to the service user. This will be focused on helping provide support with strategies to manage activities of daily living such as self-care, caring for their home and pursuit of leisure activities.
To assume a 'coaching' role supporting people in 1:1 meeting in developing personal recovery plans, using a structured self-management booklet.
To mode/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills using own experience of recovery.
To use personal, experiential knowledge and to share lived experience, in building safe, trusting relationships with named service users
To build safe, trusting relationships with service users to empower and enable each individual service user, in a non-directive, non-prescriptive way, to discover and make use of their own strengths and to build and strengthen positive connections with their peers, networks and wider communities
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Details
Date posted
04 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£26,240 to £27,928 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
325-7366510-COMM
Job locations
Gatton Place
Gatton Place
Redhill
RH1 1TA
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job
Job responsibilities
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Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy Key Stage 3
Essential
Essential
- Lived experience of mental health illness and/or accessing secondary mental health services
Essential
Essential
- Full driving licence
Desirable
Desirable
- Experience working in mental health services
Desirable
Desirable
- Knowledge of recovery model
Desirable
Desirable
- Knowledge of mental health care pathways
Essential
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy Key Stage 3
Essential
Essential
- Lived experience of mental health illness and/or accessing secondary mental health services
Essential
Essential
- Full driving licence
Desirable
Desirable
- Experience working in mental health services
Desirable
Desirable
- Knowledge of recovery model
Desirable
Desirable
- Knowledge of mental health care pathways
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
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gatton Place
Gatton Place
Redhill
RH1 1TA
Employer's website
https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gatton Place
Gatton Place
Redhill
RH1 1TA
Employer's website
Salary range
- £5 - £27,928 per year