# Peer Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- **Location:** Caludon Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Peer supporter
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T09:51:06.437Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/Coventry_Warwickshire_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8272510
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272510?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Here at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT), we value lived experience and the impact it can have on the recovery of the people we care for.

It is why we’re embedding lived experience roles across our mental health and learning disability services, and we’re looking for a Peer Support Worker (PSW) to join us at this exciting time within our Early Intervention in Psychosis team.

Please note: Lived experience means having experienced psychosis first hand and is not experience gained through professionally supporting someone. Please only apply if you have personally experienced psychosis and received support from an Early Intervention team.

In this role the appointed candidate will take on further training such as PSW training and Care Certificate. Completion of the 2-day introduction to PSW via the Recovery and wellbeing Academy is extremely advantageous prior to interview. The PSW employed will be supported by the Senior PSW to safely navigate and thrive in the role. The PSW will also work alongside teams to help engage and deliver services and promote recovery.

### Main duties of the job

This role is for someone with lived experience of receiving support from an Early Intervention for Psychosis service, who feels comfortable using their experiences to show empathy and understanding to help others and to inspire hope and recovery. As this role is within a community setting, we are looking for someone who has resilience, great communication skills and willing to utilise and share their lived experiences to support others.

Your impact will be wide-reaching. As well as working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you’ll work closely with the Recovery and Wellbeing Academy, which delivers educational courses and workshops to anyone over the age of 18 living in Coventry and Warwickshire. You will contribute to the co-creation and delivery of these workshops and courses.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached supporting information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

### 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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant lived experience

### KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Health/safety and risk awareness
- Lived experience of psychosis and/or secondary mental health services, and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
- Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs
- Able to use knowledge, skills and experience to provide a programme of activity to engage and support people accessing services to participate in activity.

## Documents

- [psw job description (pdf, 343.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588171)
- [flexible working policy (pdf, 347.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1155)
- [application guidance notes (pdf, 157.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1157)
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