Job summary
Please note - This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.
This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and developing community team within the GMMH rehabilitation division.
The Home Engagement and Rehabilitation Team (HEART) aims to provide bespoke, intensive, and individualised interventions and care to service users living with complex, enduring mental health problems to enable them to live fulfilling lives in the community.
The role of Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health difficulties or a dual diagnoses such as mental health with substance misuse / learning difficulties / autism, to help service users who may benefit from peer support in addition to other treatment and interventions. There is growing evidence that peer support reduces the need for individuals to access crisis and inpatient services.
The Peer Support Worker will act as a role model, mentor and ambassador for living well in both clinical and non-clinical environments across a range of community settings.
Main duties of the job
Through sharing wisdom from your own experiences, you will inspire hope and belief that living well is possible in others. You will:
Support and promote recovery from mental health as a user led concept.
Emphasise hope and optimism, inspiring individuals to achieve their aspirations/goals.
Value experiential learning alongside other people.
Focus on strengths rather than deficits.
Foster collaboration between those who need support and those who support them.
Enable and promote autonomy and self-management.
The postholder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers and will have a clear understanding of their professional role.
The postholder will embrace the core values of GMMH and its partner agencies. These principles will recognise the need to:
- Promote safe practices
- Value the aims of service users
- Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
- Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
- Value social inclusion
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go, you will experience a great northern welcome, with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
437-7380224
Job locations
Home Engagement and Rehabilition Team (HEART
Floor 11, Hexagon Tower, Crumpsall Vale
Manchester
M9 8GQ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person Specification
Role understanding and relevant values.
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of what Peer Support work is
- Demonstrate an understanding of professional boundaries
- Demonstrate ability to motivate others and promote choice and empowerment
Desirable
- Worked as a peer support worker previously
- Experience of delivering relevant interventions
- Experience of facilitating groups
Lived experience
Essential
- Lived experience of mental health problems
- Experience of accessing services and actively contributing to own treatment/interventions to support own recovery
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)
- Be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people including: service users, carers, other professionals, and members of the public
Desirable
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Role understanding and relevant values.
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of what Peer Support work is
- Demonstrate an understanding of professional boundaries
- Demonstrate ability to motivate others and promote choice and empowerment
Desirable
- Worked as a peer support worker previously
- Experience of delivering relevant interventions
- Experience of facilitating groups
Lived experience
Essential
- Lived experience of mental health problems
- Experience of accessing services and actively contributing to own treatment/interventions to support own recovery
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)
- Be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people including: service users, carers, other professionals, and members of the public
Desirable
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
Home Engagement and Rehabilition Team (HEART
Floor 11, Hexagon Tower, Crumpsall Vale
Manchester
M9 8GQ
Employer's website
https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
Home Engagement and Rehabilition Team (HEART
Floor 11, Hexagon Tower, Crumpsall Vale
Manchester
M9 8GQ
Employer's website
Salary range
- £24,937 - £26,598 per year