Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday- Friday, 9-5)
- Job ref
- 186-1086-25-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Peer Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
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Job overview
Highbury Hospital have exciting vacancies in the role of Peer Support Worker. These are on Rowan 1 and Redwood 1 (male), Redwood 2 (female) and Willows (male PICU).
As a Peer Support Worker you will use your experiences to offer understanding, support in linking with appropriate services/agencies, promote choice and to inspire hope and future opportunities to our inpatients.
As a Peer Support Worker, you will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. You will be supported, and are expected, to invest in your own personal and professional development as well as supporting ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust.
The value of lived experience in supporting this population of people is understood as an integral part of this service and huge value this adds to the support offered.
Main duties of the job
As a Peer Support Worker you will use your experiences to offer understanding, support in linking with appropriate services/agencies, promote choice and to inspire hope and future opportunities. The role will include, offering support to carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community by enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well-being needs, in line with support plans and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. All work will be carried out under the supervision of the Team Manager
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To follow the policies of the ward environment and the peer support worker and bands 2-4 codes of conduct.
To contribute to the development of peer support across the Trust by attending peer support development days and providing honest reflections and feedback on the peer support worker role where appropriate.
The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies and procedures and practices of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is the post holder’s responsibility to keep up to date with these policies and other documents
The peer support worker will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations. Peer workers will also be expected to invest in their own personal and professional development as well as supporting ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust.
The peer support worker will work as part of the multidisciplinary inpatient team, offering support to people who have been admitted onto the ward
Please note this post does not meet skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker visa will usually need to be in a role which is at Band 3 or above, however please note not all Band 3 roles are capable of sponsorship. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining Sponsorship against the relevant skill and pay criteria here Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Lived experience of mental distress and recovery
- • Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- • Experience of being supported by a community mental health team
- • Experience of working in a team
- • Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others
- • Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques
- • Experience of working across different organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential criteria
- Recovery focused care
Training
Essential criteria
- Peer Support Worker Training
Desirable criteria
- • Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3/AS Level or equivalent
- • Mental Health related qualification
- • Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
- • Willingness to undertake further training in line with the development of peer support
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Gater/Kirsty Aveyard
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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