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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This role requires you to use your lived experience of mental health conditions, which enables you to work with service users differently and foster a sense of "I've been there" connection.</p> <p>We are looking to recruit a peer support worker to join our Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) in Brighton and Hove. We are a supportive, well-resourced and staffed team located across Brighton General Hospital and Millview Hospital, which is well served by public transport, as is the whole city. We have use of a pool car, or bus passes for staff to use on visits. Brighton is a vibrant, inclusive city with much to offer those who work here. We are open to discussing flexible working requirements to ensure we best support the recruitment and retention of our staff and will always try to support a positive work/life balance</p> <p>As a Peer Support Worker, you will be using your lived experience of mental health to work alongside individuals to understand their experiences and to maximise their strengths, resources and skills. You will help run peer led groups and link with resources in the third sector and community.</p>  <p>The job is for 15 hours per week/two days (working pattern can be negotiated/discussed).</p>  <p>This job will be open to band 4 workers. Band 4 workers will need to have a recognised peer support qualification as well as significant experience working with service users with mental health needs. </p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The CRS is a specialist mental health team working with service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis who have complex needs including drug and alcohol misuse. Service users under CRS require an intensive level of support to ensure their recovery; some have a history of difficulty forming relationships with mental health services/professionals and may have had multiple admissions to hospital. You will work in partnership with a diverse team of clinicians and support staff including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses and our third sector partners. </p> <p>In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in community and in the least restrictive manner, have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide this opportunity for our service users in line with national agendas of The Getting It Right First Time a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health, maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.</p> <p>You will be working under the guidance of a qualified professional in the team and there will mentoring and support available from more experienced peer workers within the Trust. Full training and induction will be provided as well as supervision. </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are a committed team of individuals, like-minded in our devotion to the mental health of our service community.</p> <p>We are a large NHS Mental Health Trust in South East England. We're looking for people to help us provide high quality services for patients, carers and local communities we serve.</p> <p>We want patients and staff to recommend our organisation as a place where they would be happy for their friends and family to be treated. You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.</p> <p>Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 December 2025</p>

  
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      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £27,485 to £30,162 a year
      
        pro rata
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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  <p>354-AB-21005</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Mill View Hospital</p>
      <p>Nevill Avenue</p>
      <p>Hove</p>
            <p>BN3 7HY</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>Person Specification:</strong></p> <p><strong>Key results areas: </strong></p> <p> To understand the role of the Peer Support Worker and communicate it to service users, carers and other professionals.</p> <p> To understand the roles of the multidisciplinary team and the service that is being provided. Understand how the Peer Support Worker role fits alongside the clinical team.</p> <p> Utilise your lived experience to support individuals and groups using the service. To listen to the service users experience and understand their journey through the service and on to the community. </p> <p> To use parts of your recovery story to inspire hope in others where appropriate. To be a positive role model for other people overcoming mental health challenges, other workers and families or carers</p> <p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential</strong></p> <p> A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace such as social care, healthcare, or peer support or equivalent experience/life skills (full peer support training will be given). </p> <p> Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</p> <p><strong>Desirable</strong></p> <p> Health care or relevant NVQ Level 2 or equivalent skills</p> <p><strong>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Certificate of Sponsorship</strong></p> <p>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).</p> <p>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. </p> <p>For further details, discussion or to arrange an informal chat about the posts please contact James Edlin on 07738757945 or 03003040029 or email <a href="mailto:James.Edlin1@nhs.net" target="_blank">James.Edlin1@nhs.net</a></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p><strong>Person Specification:</strong></p> <p><strong>Key results areas: </strong></p> <p> To understand the role of the Peer Support Worker and communicate it to service users, carers and other professionals.</p> <p> To understand the roles of the multidisciplinary team and the service that is being provided. Understand how the Peer Support Worker role fits alongside the clinical team.</p> <p> Utilise your lived experience to support individuals and groups using the service. To listen to the service users experience and understand their journey through the service and on to the community. </p> <p> To use parts of your recovery story to inspire hope in others where appropriate. To be a positive role model for other people overcoming mental health challenges, other workers and families or carers</p> <p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential</strong></p> <p> A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace such as social care, healthcare, or peer support or equivalent experience/life skills (full peer support training will be given). </p> <p> Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</p> <p><strong>Desirable</strong></p> <p> Health care or relevant NVQ Level 2 or equivalent skills</p> <p><strong>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Certificate of Sponsorship</strong></p> <p>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).</p> <p>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. </p> <p>For further details, discussion or to arrange an informal chat about the posts please contact James Edlin on 07738757945 or 03003040029 or email <a href="mailto:James.Edlin1@nhs.net" target="_blank">James.Edlin1@nhs.net</a></p>
    
  


      
  
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills acquired through experience or formal teaching qualification</li>
        
        <li>A recognised Peer Support qualification</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</li>
        
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        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with groups/activities</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising others</li>
        
        <li>Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Managing personal mental health and recovery</li>
        
        <li>Comprehensive knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work</li>
        
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          <li>Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</li>
          
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            KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Significant experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity in health/social care/teaching setting</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with groups/activities</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising others</li>
          
          <li>Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Managing personal mental health and recovery</li>
          
          <li>Comprehensive knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working as part of a team</li>
          
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    <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Mill View Hospital</p>
      <p>Nevill Avenue</p>
      <p>Hove</p>
            <p>BN3 7HY</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Mill View Hospital</p>
          <p>Nevill Avenue</p>
          <p>Hove</p>
                    <p>BN3 7HY</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Peer Support Worker, Community Rehabilitation Service

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>PEER SUPPORT WORKER - Specialist perinatal Service and Maternal mental health service</strong></p> <p><strong>** THIS POST IS FIXED TERM UNTIL NOVEMBER 2026 **</strong></p> <p>The role of Peer support (PSW) has been developed specifically for people with lived experience of mental health services. Through sharing wisdom from their own experience, the peer support worker will inspire hope in others.</p> <p><strong>For those considering this role of PSW within Specialist Perinatal Service and Maternal Mental Health Service there is a requirement for the person to have lived experience within the maternity journey.</strong></p> <p>The Maternal Mental Health service provides support to women and birthing people who have experienced loss and/or trauma within their maternity journey. As a service we provide care under 3 pillars: Midwifery, Psychology and Peer support.</p> <p>The Specialist Perinatal Service is a multi-disciplinary team who supports women, birthing people and families across Cheshire and Merseyside to access specialist advice about their mental health during the perinatal period (pregnancy to 24 months postnatal)</p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity to use your own experience to help support others during their journey. The support provide by our PSW's is unique and invaluable.</p> <p>** Please ONLY apply for this post if your lived experience relates directly to your maternity/perinatal journey**</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>To use own lived experience to directly support service users within the services and promote positive mental well-being.</strong></p> <p>The role of Peer Support has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of having received care in Mental Health services. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, the peer support worker will inspire hope in others.</p> <p>The peer support worker will act as a recovery champion and an ambassador of positive mental well-being in both clinical and non-clinical environments. There is also an expectation that the peer support worker will be involved in the on-going development of peer support worker roles including such things as training programmes and evaluations.</p> <p>The peer support worker strives to empower individuals to achieve their hopes, dreams and goals by assisting them on their journey.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.</p>
<p>We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.</p>
<p>At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.</p>
<p><strong><em>Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.</em></strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>11 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
        pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Job share,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>350-CC7527213-B</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Hollins Park</p>
      <p>Hollins Park Lane</p>
      <p>Warrington</p>
            <p>WA1 8AW</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To act as a positive role model to service users and staff members, demonstrating Trust values during the course of their work</p> <p>To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using mental health services.</p> <p>To help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.</p> <p>To share and promote coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship.</p> <p>To accompany service users to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to recovery goals.</p> <p>To facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.</p> <p>To accompany service users to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to recovery goals.</p> <p>To provide support to service users whilst maintaining professional boundaries</p> <p>To support service users to identify and overcome fears and challenges within their recovery within a relationship of empathy and trust</p> <p>To liaise with carers, other health professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies in the community to enable the recovery needs of the service user group to be met</p> <p>To work in collaboration with other key stakeholders and colleagues involved in the delivery of care.</p> <p>Work within Trust clinical supervision guidelines.</p> <p>At all times act within the limits of their competences and authority, and seek advice and guidance when required.</p> <p>Ensure actions contribute to a positive and safe working culture.</p> <p>Undertake appropriate administrative duties to assist the team in delivering effective and timely care, e.g. data inputting, filing, computer work, faxing, photo-copying, updating patient records on RIO.</p> <p>Ensure that patient health records are maintained in accordance with national and organisational policies and within the scope of the Peer Support Workers responsibility.</p> <p>To actively participate in regular line management and clinical supervision including recovery focused group supervision and to identify personal developmental needs.</p> <p>To attend service user forums to help ensure that the voice of the service user is heard and the views, opinions and needs of the service users are addressed.</p> <p>To participate in quality assurance measures, promoting uptake of friends and family tests, satisfaction questionnaires and other measures that review the effectiveness of service delivery. Providing genuine constructive feedback and support for continued improvement of the service.</p> <p>To contribute to service development by attending ward, service and hospital level meetings with the aim to promote the service user perspective by providing feedback</p> <p>Attend all statutory and mandatory training allocated.</p> <p>Attend RIO training.</p> <p>Adhere to all company policies and procedures.</p> <p>Complete any other reasonable request.</p> <p>The ability to travel as the role requires in essential.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To act as a positive role model to service users and staff members, demonstrating Trust values during the course of their work</p> <p>To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using mental health services.</p> <p>To help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.</p> <p>To share and promote coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship.</p> <p>To accompany service users to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to recovery goals.</p> <p>To facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.</p> <p>To accompany service users to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to recovery goals.</p> <p>To provide support to service users whilst maintaining professional boundaries</p> <p>To support service users to identify and overcome fears and challenges within their recovery within a relationship of empathy and trust</p> <p>To liaise with carers, other health professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies in the community to enable the recovery needs of the service user group to be met</p> <p>To work in collaboration with other key stakeholders and colleagues involved in the delivery of care.</p> <p>Work within Trust clinical supervision guidelines.</p> <p>At all times act within the limits of their competences and authority, and seek advice and guidance when required.</p> <p>Ensure actions contribute to a positive and safe working culture.</p> <p>Undertake appropriate administrative duties to assist the team in delivering effective and timely care, e.g. data inputting, filing, computer work, faxing, photo-copying, updating patient records on RIO.</p> <p>Ensure that patient health records are maintained in accordance with national and organisational policies and within the scope of the Peer Support Workers responsibility.</p> <p>To actively participate in regular line management and clinical supervision including recovery focused group supervision and to identify personal developmental needs.</p> <p>To attend service user forums to help ensure that the voice of the service user is heard and the views, opinions and needs of the service users are addressed.</p> <p>To participate in quality assurance measures, promoting uptake of friends and family tests, satisfaction questionnaires and other measures that review the effectiveness of service delivery. Providing genuine constructive feedback and support for continued improvement of the service.</p> <p>To contribute to service development by attending ward, service and hospital level meetings with the aim to promote the service user perspective by providing feedback</p> <p>Attend all statutory and mandatory training allocated.</p> <p>Attend RIO training.</p> <p>Adhere to all company policies and procedures.</p> <p>Complete any other reasonable request.</p> <p>The ability to travel as the role requires in essential.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>GCSE/NVQ 2 or equivalent in relevant subject</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to work toward attainment of NVQ 3 or equivalent in relevant subject</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of the RPSW role</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge/Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Own personal lived experience of mental health challenges relevant to role</li>
        
        <li>Willing to positively share your own life experiences, personal experience of mental ill health with service users and carers</li>
        
        <li>Developed plans for managing own recovery</li>
        
        <li>Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of supporting individuals to access services beyond mental health</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering training &amp; sharing experience</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Values
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Continuous Improvement</li>
        
        <li>Accountability</li>
        
        <li>Respectfulness</li>
        
        <li>Enthusiasm</li>
        
        <li>Support</li>
        
        <li>High professional standards</li>
        
        <li>Responsive to service users</li>
        
        <li>Engaging leadership style</li>
        
        <li>Strong customer service belief</li>
        
        <li>Transparency and honesty</li>
        
        <li>Discreet</li>
        
        <li>Change oriented</li>
        
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          Skills
        
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        <li>Able to demonstrate understanding of Intentional Peer Support</li>
        
        <li>Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers</li>
        
        <li>Effective listening skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust</li>
        
        <li>Ability to appreciate / understand other people's worlds</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Acceptable levels of written literacy and numeracy</li>
          
          <li>Acceptable levels of written literacy and numeracy</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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          <li>GCSE/NVQ 2 or equivalent in relevant subject</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to work toward attainment of NVQ 3 or equivalent in relevant subject</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of the RPSW role</li>
            
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            Knowledge/Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Own personal lived experience of mental health challenges relevant to role</li>
          
          <li>Willing to positively share your own life experiences, personal experience of mental ill health with service users and carers</li>
          
          <li>Developed plans for managing own recovery</li>
          
          <li>Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting (paid or unpaid)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of supporting individuals to access services beyond mental health</li>
            
            <li>Experience of delivering training &amp; sharing experience</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Values
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Continuous Improvement</li>
          
          <li>Accountability</li>
          
          <li>Respectfulness</li>
          
          <li>Enthusiasm</li>
          
          <li>Support</li>
          
          <li>High professional standards</li>
          
          <li>Responsive to service users</li>
          
          <li>Engaging leadership style</li>
          
          <li>Strong customer service belief</li>
          
          <li>Transparency and honesty</li>
          
          <li>Discreet</li>
          
          <li>Change oriented</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Able to demonstrate understanding of Intentional Peer Support</li>
          
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          <li>Effective listening skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust</li>
          
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    <p>Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Hollins Park</p>
      <p>Hollins Park Lane</p>
      <p>Warrington</p>
            <p>WA1 8AW</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Hollins Park</p>
          <p>Hollins Park Lane</p>
          <p>Warrington</p>
                    <p>WA1 8AW</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Peer Support Worker  MMHS/SPS

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Derby City and South Derbyshire CAMHS are incredibly excited to be expanding and developing our Peer Support Worker Team who will also lead in co-production and participation across all service levels.</p> <p>Working across the CAMHS teams, the appointed candidate will work as a CAMHS Peer Support Worker to directly support service users in achieving their treatment goals and engaging in agreed care plans. The direct work may be one to one or in a group setting. Peer Groups will be lead by the peer support worker and therapeutic groups will be co-facilitated. The role will also endeavour to ensure that the principles of participation and co-production remain at the heart of our service, and that all involvement projects remain meaningful and appropriate. The appointed candidate will ensure that service that children, young people and families are heard, acknowledged and represented at all stages of care and within all service evaluation and developments.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The CAMHS Peer Support worker will work within the MDT supporting and treating Children and Young People accessing mental health services. They will ensure the child and families voice is heard in all decision making and encourage for participation and coproduction at all service levels.</p> <p>To do this you will need to:</p> <ul>  <li>Have your own lived experience of mental health challenges and access to service.</li> </ul> <p> IT skills e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel, Web Design, Powerpoint</p> <p> Your communication skills and flair for building relationships will be excellent</p> <p> Willingness to develop the confidence to speak in large and small groups</p> <p> You will be caring and supportive as well as emotionally resilient, highly organised and open to working within changing environments</p> <p> You will be able to travel independently across the locality areas.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.</p>
<p>CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."</p>
<p>Benefits include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Commitment to flexible working where this is possible</li>
<li>27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years &amp; 33 days after 10 years' service</li>
<li>Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training</li>
<li>Generous NHS pension scheme</li>
<li>Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits</li>
<li>Health service discounts and online benefits</li>
<li>Incremental pay progression</li>
<li>Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7</li>
<li>Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network</li>
<li>Health and wellbeing opportunities</li>
<li>Structured learning and development opportunities</li>
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  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>10 December 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
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    <p>
      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
        pro rata
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>2 years</p>
  

  
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>383-CHI-6285-25</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Temple House</p>
      <p>Mill Hill Lane</p>
      <p>Derby</p>
            <p>DE23 6SA</p>
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Lived experience of mental health services</li>
        
        <li>Good interpersonal skills</li>
        
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    <p>Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Temple House</p>
      <p>Mill Hill Lane</p>
      <p>Derby</p>
            <p>DE23 6SA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Temple House</p>
          <p>Mill Hill Lane</p>
          <p>Derby</p>
                    <p>DE23 6SA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

CAMHS Peer Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Based on the South coast, you will be part of a vital new team created to deliver improved community-based care for people who have difficulties which could relate to a diagnosis of personality disorder or complex emotional needs.</p><p>As a Senior Peer Support Worker your expert use of your own lived experience will be essential in creating an effective service. You will deliver a trauma-informed recovery-focused Personality &amp; Trauma Response programme to support people who are at points of their care journey where distress and change can be difficult.</p><p>Following meaningful co-production, this group programme of occupational, social, peer &amp; psychological interventions will deliver consistency, enable creativity, connection and hope.</p><p>This is a key part of the exciting work being undertaken in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire in response to the Community Mental Health Framework and is currently titled 'Personality &amp; Trauma Response'. Please visit <a href="https://healthandcare.portsmouth.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://healthandcare.portsmouth.gov.uk/</a> for developments to date (Please copy and paste the link into your browser)</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This team will work with colleagues in the service and with local providers to innovate, raise awareness and share knowledge in order that people can live valued lives in their communities. This will include being part of the Recovery College team which is expanding to provide coproduced recovery-focussed education for all (carers, people who access or work in services &amp; members of the public) across the Hampshire Isle of Wight area.</p><p>The successful candidates will champion coproduction &amp; valuing lived experience, demonstrating values which will create a friendly non-judgmental and inclusive team.</p><p>We are welcoming applications from individuals with diverse life experience, demographic representation and would encourage interested candidates to come and visit to find out if we are the employer for you. We want to provide you with a supportive working environment to thrive in, giving you the work/life balance you need so we would be able to be flexible on the hours provided, as long as we meet our services users needs.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.</p><p>With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.</p><p>Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.</p><p>Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £27,485 to £30,162 a year
      
        Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Job share,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>348-PSE-9690</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)</p>
      <p>Milton Road</p>
      <p>Portsmouth</p>
      <p>Hampshire</p>
      <p>PO3 6AD</p>
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    <p>Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.</p><p>We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.</p><p>We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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        <li>*Be committed to undertaking accredited Peer Support Worker training or has experience/qualification equivalent to Level 4 training</li>
        
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    <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)</p>
      <p>Milton Road</p>
      <p>Portsmouth</p>
      <p>Hampshire</p>
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        <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)</p>
          <p>Milton Road</p>
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Senior Peer Support Worker

Peer Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>A rare opportunity for a motivated individual with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System or prison custody. Do you want to work with psychologists and practitioners to support people on their recovery journey?</p>
<p>Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) seeks individuals with lived experience to join our Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) teams in Surrey, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire.</p>
<p>This application is for High Wycombe, with an option to base in Aylesbury.</p>
<p>This role is ideal for someone who wants to use their experience of prison and/or the CJS to help others accessing MHTR support. Peer support experience is desirable but not essential; what matters most is your ability to use personal experience to support others and your aspiration to do so within a supportive NHS team.</p>
<p>Training will be provided. Independent travel across the Guilford area is essential. Peer support is founded on the belief that no one is better placed to guide recovery than someone who has walked the same path.</p>
<p>We actively seek peers with lived experience of both CJS and health or social care needs, e.g., mental health or substance misuse.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Main duties of the job</p> <p>The Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to engage with appropriate services, develop an identity outside of the criminal justice system, and regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. </p> <p>The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;</p> <ul>  <li>Supporting your career development and progression</li>  <li>Excellent NHS Pension scheme</li>  <li>Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave</li>  <li>Options for flexible working</li>  <li>Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)</li>  <li>Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources</li>  <li>If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients</li>  <li>Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate</li>  <li>Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates</li>  <li>Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k</li>  <li>Free car parking at all trust sites</li>  <li>Free flu vaccinations every year</li>  <li>Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)</li> </ul> <p>We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.</p> <p><strong>Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.</strong></p> <p><strong>Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>08 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 3</p>
  
  

  
  
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    <p>
      £24,937 to £26,598 a year
      
        pa pro rata
      
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  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
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    <p>18 months</p>
  

  
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <p>301-LBG-25-7658904</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Thames Valley Probation Service 23A Easton St,</p>
            <p>High Wycombe,</p>
            <p>HP11 1NT</p>
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    <p>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</p> <p> To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users</p> <p> To help individuals identify strengths, interests, and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals</p> <p> To support the implementation of groups and networks that enable participation in activities</p> <p> To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</p> <p> To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users</p> <p> To help individuals identify strengths, interests, and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals</p> <p> To support the implementation of groups and networks that enable participation in activities</p> <p> To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Willingness to use own experiences to support others.</li>
        
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          <li>Experience of supporting people in the community.</li>
          
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    <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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            <p>High Wycombe,</p>
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Peer Support Worker : MHTR

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity is available to join the Lewes Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT) as a Peer Support Specialist. We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our multi disciplinary team based in Newhaven. Our Peer Support Specialist will have lived experience of mental health challenges. At Sussex Partnership we value the unique way in which peer workers can support our client group. The role is full time and will be client facing. There is opportunity to develop a rewarding career.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Our growing workforce of Peer Specialists work alongside service users to build their confidence and strengthen their community support networks so that they are empowered to live well despite their mental health challenges.</p> <p>The successful candidate must be able to travel, preferably being able to drive using their own transport.</p> <p> Peer Support workers engage with mental health service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting individuals to gain and maintain independence in the community</p> <p> Peer Support workers are part of the Adult Mental Health Services multi-disciplinary Care Team. The role is to focus on the day to day holistic support needs of service users. Self-managed care is essential to this: the supported person is encouraged to assess their own needs and to develop and implement a self-management plan</p> <p> Peer support is delivered through promoting empowerment and choice and giving the opportunity for the exploration of meaning and purpose</p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>In return for your skills and enthusiasm, we can offer you interesting and rewarding work in a team which prides itself in providing a high standard of care and support as well as providing excellent learning opportunities and regular supervision and support for its staff. There is a strong professional network for peer workers across the Trust with a bespoke peer training package, buddy and mentorship schemes offered alongside the regular clinical supervision they all receive within their teams.</p> <p>Please note that if you are currently receiving treatment from the same service where the post is situated, you are advised to contact the recruiting manager to discuss potential conflicts of interest before proceeding with your application.</p> <p>The hours are 37.5 and a flexible approach will be considered</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 December 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £26,530 to £29,114 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>354-AE-21158</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Hill Rise</p>
      <p>Church Hill</p>
      <p>Newhaven</p>
            <p>BN99HH</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Our growing workforce of Peer Specialists work alongside service users to build their confidence and strengthen their community support networks so that they are empowered to live well despite their mental health challenges.</p> <p>The successful candidate must be able to travel, preferably being able to drive using their own transport.</p> <p> Peer Support workers engage with mental health service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting individuals to gain and maintain independence in the community</p> <p> Peer Support workers are part of the Adult Mental Health Services multi-disciplinary Care Team. The role is to focus on the day to day holistic support needs of service users. Self-managed care is essential to this: the supported person is encouraged to assess their own needs and to develop and implement a self-management plan</p> <p> Peer support is delivered through promoting empowerment and choice and giving the opportunity for the exploration of meaning and purpose</p> <p>Work is guided by a qualified professional (ie. nurse, occupational Therapist) and supervision is regularly provided to support the work</p> <p> Supervising one other Peer Support Worker if experienced</p> <p> Undertaking highly skilled and specialised support work</p> <p>Working without direct supervision (depending on level of experience)</p> <p>We run a specialised clinic that is attended by our clients and a part of the role will be supporting with this.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Our growing workforce of Peer Specialists work alongside service users to build their confidence and strengthen their community support networks so that they are empowered to live well despite their mental health challenges.</p> <p>The successful candidate must be able to travel, preferably being able to drive using their own transport.</p> <p> Peer Support workers engage with mental health service users to show empathy, share experience, inspire hope and promote recovery with the aim of assisting individuals to gain and maintain independence in the community</p> <p> Peer Support workers are part of the Adult Mental Health Services multi-disciplinary Care Team. The role is to focus on the day to day holistic support needs of service users. Self-managed care is essential to this: the supported person is encouraged to assess their own needs and to develop and implement a self-management plan</p> <p> Peer support is delivered through promoting empowerment and choice and giving the opportunity for the exploration of meaning and purpose</p> <p>Work is guided by a qualified professional (ie. nurse, occupational Therapist) and supervision is regularly provided to support the work</p> <p> Supervising one other Peer Support Worker if experienced</p> <p> Undertaking highly skilled and specialised support work</p> <p>Working without direct supervision (depending on level of experience)</p> <p>We run a specialised clinic that is attended by our clients and a part of the role will be supporting with this.</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills acquired through experience or formal teaching qualification</li>
        
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        <li>Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning</li>
        
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        <li>Significant experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity in health/social care/teaching setting</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with groups/activities</li>
        
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        <li>Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties</li>
        
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        <li>Comprehensive knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work</li>
        
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          <li>Managing personal mental health and recovery</li>
          
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
    
  


      
  
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    <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Hill Rise</p>
      <p>Church Hill</p>
      <p>Newhaven</p>
            <p>BN99HH</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Hill Rise</p>
          <p>Church Hill</p>
          <p>Newhaven</p>
                    <p>BN99HH</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Peer Support Specialist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for a confident support worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.
Youll be working 38.5 hours a week a mixture of days and nights, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet kewstoke.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up. 
Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others  every day.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK.
We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care.
Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
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      £13.39 an hour
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>VPDB158CE0</p>
  

  
    
      
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                  <p>weston super mare</p>
            <p>BS22 9UZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Helping others improve and turn their lives around  theres no better feeling. Its what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.</p><p>We are looking for a confident<b>Care &amp; Support Worker</b>with a passion for delivering outstanding care.</p><p><b>Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke</b>provides an emergency admissions servicefor men and a pathway for women from low secure to rehabilitation including a specialist servicefor personality disorder.</p><p>This role will be 12 hour shifts working a mixture ofDays &amp; Nights.</p><p>The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad range of therapies including CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR &amp; DBT.</p><p>At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up.</p><p>Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects whilereaping the rewards of making a difference to others  every day.</p><p><b>Your day-to-day</b></p><ul><li><p>Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care</p></li><li><p>Provide guidance &amp; encouragement through physical &amp; emotional support</p></li><li><p>Learn about individuals specific needs &amp; provide help in the most appropriate way</p></li><li><p>Assist with medical &amp; welfare needs</p></li><li><p>Report on medical &amp; welfare needs as required</p></li><li><p>Safeguard</p></li><li><p>Maintain a sa
fe, clean environment for all</p></li></ul><p><b>You are</b></p><ul><li><p>Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in peoples lives</p></li><li><p>An excellent communicator &amp; a good team player</p></li><li><p>Sensitive &amp; intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating &amp; varied environment</p></li><li><p>Passionate about empowering &amp; supporting service user independence</p></li></ul><p><b>Why Cygnet? Well offer you</b></p><ul><li><p>An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme</p></li><li><p>Expert supervision &amp; support</p></li><li><p>Employee referral scheme</p></li><li><p>Free Health Cash plan</p></li><li><p>24 hours free GP support line</p></li><li><p>Free life assurance cover</p></li><li><p>Free eye tests</p></li><li><p>Car lease discounts</p></li><li><p>Discounted gym membership</p></li><li><p>Free mortgage broker and Insurance cover</p></li><li><p>Pension scheme</p></li><li><p>Employee NHS - discount savings &amp; Cycle to Work scheme</p></li><li><p>Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks</p></li></ul><p>Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.</p><p>We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.</p><p><i>What next?</i></p><p>If you care about making a difference  we want to talk to you.</p><p>Click the button to apply</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Helping others improve and turn their lives around  theres no better feeling. Its what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.</p><p>We are looking for a confident<b>Care &amp; Support Worker</b>with a passion for delivering outstanding care.</p><p><b>Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke</b>provides an emergency admissions servicefor men and a pathway for women from low secure to rehabilitation including a specialist servicefor personality disorder.</p><p>This role will be 12 hour shifts working a mixture ofDays &amp; Nights.</p><p>The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad range of therapies including CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR &amp; DBT.</p><p>At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up.</p><p>Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects whilereaping the rewards of making a difference to others  every day.</p><p><b>Your day-to-day</b></p><ul><li><p>Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care</p></li><li><p>Provide guidance &amp; encouragement through physical &amp; emotional support</p></li><li><p>Learn about individuals specific needs &amp; provide help in the most appropriate way</p></li><li><p>Assist with medical &amp; welfare needs</p></li><li><p>Report on medical &amp; welfare needs as required</p></li><li><p>Safeguard</p></li><li><p>Maintain a sa
fe, clean environment for all</p></li></ul><p><b>You are</b></p><ul><li><p>Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in peoples lives</p></li><li><p>An excellent communicator &amp; a good team player</p></li><li><p>Sensitive &amp; intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating &amp; varied environment</p></li><li><p>Passionate about empowering &amp; supporting service user independence</p></li></ul><p><b>Why Cygnet? Well offer you</b></p><ul><li><p>An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme</p></li><li><p>Expert supervision &amp; support</p></li><li><p>Employee referral scheme</p></li><li><p>Free Health Cash plan</p></li><li><p>24 hours free GP support line</p></li><li><p>Free life assurance cover</p></li><li><p>Free eye tests</p></li><li><p>Car lease discounts</p></li><li><p>Discounted gym membership</p></li><li><p>Free mortgage broker and Insurance cover</p></li><li><p>Pension scheme</p></li><li><p>Employee NHS - discount savings &amp; Cycle to Work scheme</p></li><li><p>Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks</p></li></ul><p>Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.</p><p>We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.</p><p><i>What next?</i></p><p>If you care about making a difference  we want to talk to you.</p><p>Click the button to apply</p>
    
  


      
  
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          General Requirements
        
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        <li>Please refer to job description above</li>
        
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    <p>Cygnet Health Care</p>
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                  <p>weston super mare</p>
            <p>BS22 9UZ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <p>Cygnet Health Care</p>
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                              <p>weston super mare</p>
                    <p>BS22 9UZ</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Healthcare Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Social Work Support Worker required to join a busy and diverse mental health social work team in the north of the county.</p> <p>Our team primarily support Older People who have previously or are currently experiencing mental health needs and require additional care and support, extending that support and guidance to carers and family, as a holistic approach to wellbeing.</p> <p>This role involves working directly with service users and their families, lone working or in partnership with other professionals and organisations, and requires a dynamic, positive personality to help achieve the best outcomes for our service users and team.You will have a good basic level of education and be able to travel independently around the county.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
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<li>To work with eligible users of Older Peoples Social Services to provide resilience and independence focused interventions. This will be achieved through ongoing support, practical assistance and problem resolution under the supervision of Social care.</li>
<li>To assess need and eligibility of service users supported by the team.</li>
<li>To contribute to the regular reviews of service users supported by the team.</li>
<li>To ensure these reviews in conjunction with MDT colleagues support the transforming lives and care act agenda.</li>
<li>To deliver person centred care and support focussing on collaborative relationships. This will include facilitating and empowering the person to develop personal and social networks that are meaningful to them. To aid and facilitate what the person defines as 'their good life'.</li>
<li>Where appropriate to work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the persons individual social care needs are met</li>
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  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.</p> <p>Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.</p> <p>To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.</p> <p><strong>Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.</strong></p> <p><strong>Regrettably, 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.</strong></p> <p><strong>For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.cpft.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.cpft.nhs.uk</a></strong></p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>10 December 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £27,485 to £30,162 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>310-OPAC-7520095</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Newtown Centre</p>
      <p>Nursery Road</p>
      <p>Huntingdon</p>
            <p>PE29 3RJ</p>
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    <p><strong>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.</strong></p>
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<li>The primary aim of this post is to maximise peoples independence by promoting recovery focused principles and values.</li>
<li>This can be achieved by supporting people to learn new or regain forgotten skills.</li>
<li>To enhance their confidence to achieve meaningful opportunities within their everyday routines within a timely manner.</li>
<li>To develop their social support network via family, friends, carers and the wider community.</li>
<li>To support the person to meet the outcomes identified which are specific, measurable and achievable.</li>
<li>Work with people to facilitate access and engage in a range of socially inclusive and vocational community-based facilities.</li>
<li>To work with people to facilitate the development of appropriate professional relationships based on respect and promote hope. Help people gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights, voluntary work, social support and legal rights by offering practical support, advice and information.</li>
<li>Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the persons progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individuals care.</li>
<li>Participate in regular planning and review meetings with other appropriate professionals.</li>
<li>To positively develop links with other support services within CPFT, PCC and Voluntary sector organisations, (Recovery Coach, Community Connectors, Peer Support Workers, Volunteers, - Recovery College).</li>
<li>Maintain adequate records as required as per existing procedures, and contacting named professional when necessary.</li>
<li>Attend and participate in wider team assessment /care plan review meetings as appropriate.</li>
<li>To develop and maintain good working relationships with statutory, independent and voluntary agencies to support people in achieving their goals. Participate in the ongoing review of the STRR workers role and contribute to the trust-wide process.</li>
<li>Work flexibly as required by the individual and the Employer, which may require working out of normal office hours.</li>
<li>To support people to maximise independence and choice. To help people overcome barriers to social inclusion by supporting them to identify and challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.</li>
<li>To have good team working skills &amp; the ability to work independently within the community Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Foundation Trust values.</li>
<li>To complete Mandatory training as required. To maintain your Continuing professional Development, keeping your professional skills up to date.</li>
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        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The primary aim of this post is to maximise peoples independence by promoting recovery focused principles and values.</li>
<li>This can be achieved by supporting people to learn new or regain forgotten skills.</li>
<li>To enhance their confidence to achieve meaningful opportunities within their everyday routines within a timely manner.</li>
<li>To develop their social support network via family, friends, carers and the wider community.</li>
<li>To support the person to meet the outcomes identified which are specific, measurable and achievable.</li>
<li>Work with people to facilitate access and engage in a range of socially inclusive and vocational community-based facilities.</li>
<li>To work with people to facilitate the development of appropriate professional relationships based on respect and promote hope. Help people gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights, voluntary work, social support and legal rights by offering practical support, advice and information.</li>
<li>Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the persons progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individuals care.</li>
<li>Participate in regular planning and review meetings with other appropriate professionals.</li>
<li>To positively develop links with other support services within CPFT, PCC and Voluntary sector organisations, (Recovery Coach, Community Connectors, Peer Support Workers, Volunteers, - Recovery College).</li>
<li>Maintain adequate records as required as per existing procedures, and contacting named professional when necessary.</li>
<li>Attend and participate in wider team assessment /care plan review meetings as appropriate.</li>
<li>To develop and maintain good working relationships with statutory, independent and voluntary agencies to support people in achieving their goals. Participate in the ongoing review of the STRR workers role and contribute to the trust-wide process.</li>
<li>Work flexibly as required by the individual and the Employer, which may require working out of normal office hours.</li>
<li>To support people to maximise independence and choice. To help people overcome barriers to social inclusion by supporting them to identify and challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.</li>
<li>To have good team working skills &amp; the ability to work independently within the community Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Foundation Trust values.</li>
<li>To complete Mandatory training as required. To maintain your Continuing professional Development, keeping your professional skills up to date.</li>
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    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Education / Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Good level of secondary education to GCSE level</li>
        
        <li>GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Related Health or Social Care qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a team or a group environment</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working in a health or social care setting, either statutory or non-statutory service.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>IT skills - Competent in MS applications and use of IT systems</li>
        
        <li>Full UK driving licence and ability to travel throughout the county with own transport.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Knowledge &amp; Understanding
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Understanding of the issues and concerns of mental health service users</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge and commitment to service users rights</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of the impact of stigma and discrimination</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Understanding of the service delivery goals of the care pathway</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_5">
        
          Physical Requirements
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Emotional Maturity/ range of life experience</li>
        
        <li>Patient, Non-judgmental, Respectful and Compassionate</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_6">
        
          Other
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Be able to work flexibly and outside 9-5 if required</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education / Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Good level of secondary education to GCSE level</li>
          
          <li>GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Related Health or Social Care qualification</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a team or a group environment</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Previous experience of working in a health or social care setting, either statutory or non-statutory service.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>IT skills - Competent in MS applications and use of IT systems</li>
          
          <li>Full UK driving licence and ability to travel throughout the county with own transport.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Knowledge &amp; Understanding
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Understanding of the issues and concerns of mental health service users</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge and commitment to service users rights</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of the impact of stigma and discrimination</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Understanding of the service delivery goals of the care pathway</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Physical Requirements
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Emotional Maturity/ range of life experience</li>
          
          <li>Patient, Non-judgmental, Respectful and Compassionate</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_6">
          
            Other
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Be able to work flexibly and outside 9-5 if required</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Newtown Centre</p>
      <p>Nursery Road</p>
      <p>Huntingdon</p>
            <p>PE29 3RJ</p>
    
  

  
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        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Newtown Centre</p>
          <p>Nursery Road</p>
          <p>Huntingdon</p>
                    <p>PE29 3RJ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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