Senior Peer Support Worker - Eating Disorders Services
Job summary
Would you like to join a progressive, award winning, multi-disciplinary team spearheading innovative practices in the treatment of people with eating disorders as a Senior Peer Support Worker?
We would like to invite applications for the post ofSenior Peer Support Worker. These posts will involve using your lived experience of recovering from an eating disorder to provide best practice peer support interventions and care for adults with a full range of eating disorder difficulties.
The post will be based at Maudsley Hospital. the Eating Disorders Departments include the outpatients, day service, ETT and inpatients,
The EDOPD is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties.
Main duties of the job
As part of the Senior Peer Support Worker role, you will be supporting individuals with eating disorders across outpatients, day services & the Enhanced Treatment Team via individual and group peer support interventions, under the clinical and professional supervision of a qualified psychologist, psychotherapist or CBT therapist & other members of the MDT.
The post holder will also support Peer Support workers development in their roles via providing them regular supervision. The post holder will also contribute to the development and co-ordination of Peer Support services across the service.
We are looking for enthusiastic people to be part of our well-established and growing peer support service. The successful applicants will be engaging, approachable, motivated, committed to personal and professional development, and able to engage with people with complex mental health difficulties. They will be organised, with existing experience working with mental health care.
About us
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
Would you like to join a progressive, award winning, multi-disciplinary team spear-heading innovative practices in the treatment of eating disorders?
The Eating Disorder Unit (EDU) is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties. Outpatient treatments include guided self-help, group and individual interventions. We are the developers of MANTRA, now recommended as part of NICE 2017 guidelines for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, and of FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders).
We offer opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration with colleagues across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences at King's College London.
Details
Date posted
17 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£37,259 to £45,356 a year per annum Incl. of HCAs
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
334-CLI-7446910
Job locations
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
SE5 8AZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide recovery-oriented input, including groupwork, to those in lived experience roles in relation to supervision, urgent care issues and referrals.
- To assist people in lived experience roles to reflect on how to provide, create and deliver a range of peer support activities and care planning to their clients in the most effective way.
- To provide direct support to people in lived experience roles by attending joint visits for those service users with more complex issues.
- To support the recruitment and induction of Peer Workers within the Eating Disorder Teams.
- To support the training and development of Peer Workers and other staff groups
- To develop an effective and supportive infrastructure for the Peer Workers to offer advice and support for the managers of the Peer Workers.
- Work in partnership with key clinicians and stakeholders, to develop a robust project plan agreed by the sponsors and their leads.
- Resolve any enquiries regarding documentation and/or status of any project.
- Communicate with all levels regarding project progress.
- To be able to travel to settings across South London arears covered, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Croydon, Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley
Job responsibilities
- To provide recovery-oriented input, including groupwork, to those in lived experience roles in relation to supervision, urgent care issues and referrals.
- To assist people in lived experience roles to reflect on how to provide, create and deliver a range of peer support activities and care planning to their clients in the most effective way.
- To provide direct support to people in lived experience roles by attending joint visits for those service users with more complex issues.
- To support the recruitment and induction of Peer Workers within the Eating Disorder Teams.
- To support the training and development of Peer Workers and other staff groups
- To develop an effective and supportive infrastructure for the Peer Workers to offer advice and support for the managers of the Peer Workers.
- Work in partnership with key clinicians and stakeholders, to develop a robust project plan agreed by the sponsors and their leads.
- Resolve any enquiries regarding documentation and/or status of any project.
- Communicate with all levels regarding project progress.
- To be able to travel to settings across South London arears covered, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Croydon, Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent level/or evidence of competency specifically in English and Maths
- Lived Experience Training / Peer Worker Training or willingness to complete training
Desirable
- Experience of Recovery College courses
- Other evidence of relevant training
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Personal experience of mental health difficulties in eating disorders, and recovery
- Experience of using mental health services (for example a community mental health team / promoting recovery team, home treatment team, inpatient stay, emergency department, etc)
- Willing to positively share your own life experiences, with service users and carers and colleagues
- Experience of working as a Peer Worker
Desirable
- Experience of delivering peer support services
- An interest in developing a career in mental health care
- Experience of facilitating supervision
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations to the public and other professionals
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the Values of Peer Support
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including writing reports and completing audits
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Desirable
- Ability to speak other languages
- Basic knowledge of psychological and therapeutic interventions (CBT, DBT, MBT etc.)
- Knowledge of Quality improvements methods
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent level/or evidence of competency specifically in English and Maths
- Lived Experience Training / Peer Worker Training or willingness to complete training
Desirable
- Experience of Recovery College courses
- Other evidence of relevant training
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Personal experience of mental health difficulties in eating disorders, and recovery
- Experience of using mental health services (for example a community mental health team / promoting recovery team, home treatment team, inpatient stay, emergency department, etc)
- Willing to positively share your own life experiences, with service users and carers and colleagues
- Experience of working as a Peer Worker
Desirable
- Experience of delivering peer support services
- An interest in developing a career in mental health care
- Experience of facilitating supervision
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations to the public and other professionals
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the Values of Peer Support
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including writing reports and completing audits
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Desirable
- Ability to speak other languages
- Basic knowledge of psychological and therapeutic interventions (CBT, DBT, MBT etc.)
- Knowledge of Quality improvements methods
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
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
SE5 8AZ
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
SE5 8AZ
Employer's website
Salary range
- £37,259 - £45,356 per year