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Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience as a Peer Support Worker
- Experience
Lived experience of living with a mental health condition and have undergone a personal recovery process
- Experience
Experience of accessing mental health services, especially secondary services
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of peer support, its principles, practices, and challenges
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills, as relating to working with patients and carers, and professionals
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent communication skills
- Education/Qualifcation/Training
Peer Support Training
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination
- Knowledge and Skills
Awareness of local services in relation to employment, welfare, housing, and mental health
- Education/Qualifcation/Training
Other relevant qualifications in mental health, leadership, supervision, and training
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Peer Support Worker to join our Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Tower Hamlets. The successful candidate will use their personal lived experience of mental health challenges, accessing services and recovery to provide compassionate, recovery-focused support. Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, you will support service users to identify their personal recovery goals, develop independence, build meaningful relationships and access opportunities within their local communities.
As a Senior Peer Support Worker, you will take a leadership role in developing peer support within the team, promoting the value of lived experience, contributing to service development and delivering individual and group-based recovery-focused interventions. We are seeking someone with significant previous experience as a Peer Support Worker, who has completed recognised peer support training and is passionate about empowering others, challenging stigma and embedding lived experience perspectives within mental health services.
Visa Sponsorship: Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship from the Trust.
Main duties of the job
- Provide individual and group-based peer support, using personal lived experience to inspire hope, promote recovery and empower service users to achieve their personal goals.
- Support service users to develop independence, build meaningful relationships and access community resources, activities and opportunities.
- Lead and develop peer support provision within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, promoting the integration of lived experience perspectives into multidisciplinary practice.
- Provide guidance, mentoring, supervision and training to Peer Support Workers, supporting their professional development and effective integration within services.
- Contribute to service development, co-production and partnership working with local community organisations to promote recovery-focused, person-centred care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description for detailed information on the job role and its responsibilities.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Peer Support Worker with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Peer supporter role. The advertised salary is £34,186 - £37,389 per annum pro rata Inc HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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