# Peer Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/peer-support-worker/980906d4-de1a-402f-9cfb-d9bf8c1556b7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/peer-support-worker/980906d4-de1a-402f-9cfb-d9bf8c1556b7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Stoke On Trent - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, 37 hours per week (Monday- Friday 08.30-16:30) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T10:30:31.168Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/StokeonTrent/North_Staffordshire_Combined_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Peer_support_worker/Peer_support_worker-v8054923 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8054923?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.combined.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview **Please note - due to current Immigration rules and regulations, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.** Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path to recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. As such we would actively seek peers who have lived experience of maternal mental health such as lived experience of pregnancy loss, fear of childbirth, birth trauma or neonatal trauma. 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, regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user through their recovery journey and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey. ### Main duties of the job Using personal lived experience to support women and birthing people through their maternal mental health journey in both 1-1 interventions and group support. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, linking in with external agencies to support people through their time with the service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raising hope for change and aspirations of live. - To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. - To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. - To support the implementation of groups - To support service users in developing other areas of interest. - Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing. - Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity. - To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice. - To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. - To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team. - To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks. - To have an awareness of the maternal mental health pathways. - To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary. - To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. - To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area. ## Job Details **Please note - due to current Immigration rules and regulations, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.** Peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path to recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. As such we would actively seek peers who have lived experience of maternal mental health such as lived experience of pregnancy loss, fear of childbirth, birth trauma or neonatal trauma. 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, regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user through their recovery journey and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey. ## Job Description Using personal lived experience to support women and birthing people through their maternal mental health journey in both 1-1 interventions and group support. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, linking in with external agencies to support people through their time with the service. ## Responsibilities To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users, sharing own narratives to raising hope for change and aspirations of live. To work primarily in direct work with service users on a 1:1 and in group settings as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To help individuals identify strengths, interests and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. To support the implementation of groups To support service users in developing other areas of interest. Draw upon own lived experience to inspire hope, model self-awareness and facilitate service users in developing their own resourcefulness for managing their health and wellbeing. Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable participation in activities, to maximise service user's opportunities for socially valued roles and positive identity. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met through promoting recovery orientated, strengths based practice. To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues within the team. To participate within Trust peer training and peer working networks. To have an awareness of the maternal mental health pathways. To actively take responsibility for own health and wellbeing discussing/reviewing within supervision as necessary. To be willing to develop self through specialist training opportunities, relevant to your role as agreed with team supervisor and team manager. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Able to relate to a wide range of people, with excellent interpersonal skills - Ability or capability to learn IT and literacy skills to the standard required for clinical record keeping - Professional in behaviour and appearance - Able to manage conflict and to help others do so - Self-awareness and ability to question self and effectively reflect on practice - Able to use own lived experience to the benefit of those using the service and the advancement of the team ### Experience **Essential** - Personal lived experience of Maternal mental health. (These may include lived experience of maternity loss, fear of childbirth, birth trauma or neonatal trauma). - Experience of recovering a meaningful life - Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role - Experience of using a range of self – management or recovery tools and technique **Desirable** - Experience of supporting others - Experience of team working ### Qualifications **Essential** - - English language literacy and numeracy skills to the standard necessary to provide clear, understandable records on computerised system (Lorenzo/ Rio) and fulfil job description. **Desirable** - Related Health or Social Care qualification ## Documents - [nhs pension (pdf, 97.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1216) - [employee benefits (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2653) - [why work at nscht (pdf, 689.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1217) - [peer support worker (pdf, 800.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10344691) ## 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.