# CYP Parent/Carer Peer Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cyp-parentcarer-peer-support-worker/279c75e1-58a9-4d17-8e4b-309de15d38aa - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cyp-parentcarer-peer-support-worker/279c75e1-58a9-4d17-8e4b-309de15d38aa.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Boston - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-03T13:41:00.689Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Boston/Lincolnshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CYP_Peer_Support_Team/CYP_Peer_Support_Team-v8161138 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8161138?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a parent/carer with lived experience of supporting your child through mental health services as an adolescent? Do you want to use your lived experience to help other parent/carers? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, self-motivated individual with this lived experience to join our award-winning CYP Peer Support team based in Boston (covering south of the county) on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Parent/carer peer support workers (PSWs) provide emotional support and practical assistance to parent/carers with a child a currently open to CYP Mental Health Services. Through drawing from and sharing their own experiences, a parent/carer PSW will inspire hope and support families to feel hopeful about the future. Recognising the pivotal role parent/carers play in supporting their child’s mental health, and the emotional impact of caring for a child experiencing emotional distress, this role involves providing a listening ear, exploring parental wellbeing, and supporting parent/carers to access support in their local community. As this role will involve working across different teams in CYP services (Healthy Minds, Mental Health Support Teams, CAMHS) and supporting service user participation, we are looking for individuals with good communication skills and a passion for co-producing and improving mental health services If you would like to know more about this role, please contact Abbie Futter (CAMHS Peer Support Lead) on 01522 535189. ### Main duties of the job To model principles of hope, recovery and self-belief in all aspects of their work with young people and families. Act as a role model, showing a professional and caring attitude toward children, young people and families, and other professionals and colleagues. Share coping, self-help and self-management techniques with parent/carers and children, young people in an appropriate and supportive manner. Where appropriate, to provide guidance and practical support to parent/carers to better enable them to support their child/young person’s plan of care/treatment. Recognising the emotional impact of caring for somebody experiencing significant distress, provide emotional support and a listening ear for parent/carers. Provide lived experience perspective through participating in parent/carer therapy groups, helping parent/carers believe they are not alone and that change is possible. Developing and co-facilitating parent/carer groups, including parent peer support groups (likely to be out of 9-5 hours). Guiding parent/carers through periods of transition (i.e. when their child is transitioning out of, or across, services) In line with the Triangle of Care initiative, support enhanced communication and collaboration between parents/carers and mental health professionals, and ensure that parent/carers have all the right information to support the recovery of their child/young person. Support parent/carers to identify and access support within their local community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected. Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include: - Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy - Competitive annual leave allowance - Car leasing scheme - NHS pension scheme - Free eye tests - Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme - Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills. - Able to confidently use a computer. - Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery principles and values - An ability to recognise and manage own stress. Ability to demonstrate and model self-care skills - Able to demonstrate a non-judgemental, respectful attitude toward others - Understanding of service user involvement and participation and why it is important - Willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback - Good organisational skills, including time management - Be able to ask for help - Ability to work creatively and use initiative - Ability to work well within a team ### Experience **Essential** - Lived experience of being a parent/carer to someone experiencing mental health issues - Lived experience of being a parent/carer to someone who has accessed mental health services, preferably children and young person (CYP) mental health services - Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques - Experience of being employed in a role supporting or mentoring others - Experience of working in a team or group environment - - Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques **Desirable** - Experience working in a setting supporting children and young people - Experience of working across different organisational boundaries ### Qualifications **Essential** - Satisfactory level of Secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade or 9-4 grade or equivalent (may be working toward this). - Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English. - Willingness to undertake further training to support development of peer support role, and child and young person’s involvement. **Desirable** - Level of education to NVQ 3/AS level or equivalent - Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification ## Documents - [lpft info (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2654) - [staff network (pdf, 321.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2459) - [functional requirements (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461883) - [social worker plan 2025-2027 (pdf, 882.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2416) - [psw candidate information pack (pdf, 935.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1902) - [cyp peer support worker staffing (pdf, 321.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461885) - [cyp parent/carer peer support worker (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461884) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.