# Peer Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/peer-worker/57c925f6-f105-48de-a79f-281bd8e176f4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/peer-worker/57c925f6-f105-48de-a79f-281bd8e176f4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Roseberry Park - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Currently covering Mon - Fri but may require weekend working in the future) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:00:32.422Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Middlesbrough/Tees_Esk_Wear_Valleys_NHS_Trust/Peer_Work/Peer_Work-v8380176 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380176?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to announce that we are currently recruiting Peer Workers for our Female and Male Secure Inpatients Wards in Ridgeway. These roles will be based at Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough. Peer support is when people with shared experiences connect to build safe, trusting and non-judgmental relationships where we learn and grow together. Peer workers are people who have experience of mental health challenges and accessing services for mental health care, and are employed, trained and supported to work to the TEWV Peer Support Values and use their experiences to support others. For this role, we are looking for people who have: - Personal experience of accessing secondary or inpatient mental health services.- including in Secure Inpatient Services or prison. - Relevant experience of mental health challenges. Lived experience including homelessness and use of drugs and alcohol are also welcome. - Personal experience of using your lived experience to support others, for example in a paid role, in volunteering, in a user led environment or informally We welcome applications from people with personal lived experience of Secure Inpatient Services, prison, contact with the criminal justice system or experience of having your liberty or freedom of movement/decision making impacted by restrictions. ### Main duties of the job These are challenging but rewarding roles supporting people with a wide range of experiences. Your time in post will start with attending our peer support training alongside other people starting peer support roles with us. This training is delivered by people with their own lived experience who also have direct experience of working in peer roles themselves. From there your work will involve: - Providing 1:1 peer support to people on the ward (this may involve supporting family / carers too) - Setting up and facilitating / co-facilitating peer support groups - Attending and contributing to team meetings to help ensure service users’ voices are heard, that their needs are advocated for, and to bring lived experience expertise into team processes. - Contributing to service development within the teams you work in. This involves offering ideas, feedback and lived experience perspectives. - Building connections with a range of people and organisations within the system (including other peer support workers / providers). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role. We also value a diversity of experiences with mental health services in the peer workforce and welcome applications from people with helpful, difficult or mixed experiences of mental health services. Please note this recruitment takes place over a number of stages: - Written Applications: The first stage involves submitting your written application through our system. We will review these applications and shortlist a limited number of candidates to move on to the next stage. - Recruitment Day / Group Interview: The second stage is a recruitment day / group interview. This is an opportunity for you to learn more about the role and demonstrate your values and skills. After this day we shortlist candidates for the individual interview stage. - Individual Interviews: In the final stage, we conduct individual interviews to determine which candidates will be offered the position. These Peer Worker roles will involve working to support current service users both 1:1 and in groups as appropriate. Drawing on your own experience of mental health challenges, you will ‘walk alongside’ others on their journey in a supportive peer relationship built on our core peer values of authenticity, relationship, validation, respect, mutuality, and empowerment. You will listen non-judgmentally to create safe spaces where people feel heard. You will approach the peer relationship with compassion and curiosity. You will recognise and value people’s strengths, diversity, and expertise in themselves. You will be aware of the impacts of trauma and committed to the importance of working in ways which are sensitive to the needs of trauma survivors. You also will be an integrated and valued member of the team. Peer Worker roles involve contributing peer values and the knowledge, skills and expertise that come with lived experience of mental health challenges and mental health services. Important parts of this role also include working within the team to help service users’ voices be heard, to advocate for their needs, and to promote recovery values and trauma informed approaches. Peer Workers will be supported to challenge both individual and structural instances of stigma and discrimination related to mental health and other forms of exclusion. Please see the uploaded job description or approach us for an informal chat if you would like further details on the post. This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible. ### 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** - Able to share elements of own life experiences, and engage compassionately with experiences of others, in a way appropriate to the role and peer relationship - Ability to communicate information (verbal and written) effectively in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation - Peer record Keeping (within agreed timescale) - Time management and ability to prioritise effectively - Breakaway techniques (within agreed timescale) ### Knowledge **Essential** - Awareness of day to day issues affecting service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities - Awareness of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds - Passionate about the values of peer support and understands what the role adds to a team - Understands importance of maintaining integrity to peer support role - Understanding of trauma informed approaches and trauma informed peer support and how this effects practice - Understanding of a variety of therapeutic approaches used on the team (within agreed timescale) - Awareness of health & safety issues (within agreed timescale) ### Experience **Essential** - Personal experience of mental health challenges that are relevant to the specific role advertised - Personal experience of accessing inpatient mental health services - Experience of paid, voluntary or informal peer support with people with mental health conditions or learning disabilities. **Desirable** - Experience of delivering peer support in a paid or voluntary role - Experience of social exclusion, stigma and / or discrimination - Psychiatric Hospital admission ### Qualifications **Essential** - AS Level, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (or willingness to undertake within required timescale) OR equivalent experience of providing peer support in a community or inpatient setting - Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent) - Completed Trust Trauma Informed Peer Support Training course (passing within agreed timescale) ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Commitment to supporting service users voices to be heard - Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice - Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and Trust Values and Behaviours - Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable people and their families and carers - Able to work flexibly and adapt to change - Ability to work collaboratively with members of the MDT to provide an effective service - Committed to continual quality and service improvement - Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions or learning disabilities - Committed to promoting an authentic understanding of peer support services - Self awareness and committed to continual personal development. ## Documents - [faq peer worker post (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708905) - [our journey to change (pdf, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 303.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 272.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708904) ## 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.