# Senior Peer Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-peer-support-worker/fae6766a-bfef-4558-9529-0d389e2b650d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-peer-support-worker/fae6766a-bfef-4558-9529-0d389e2b650d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Peer supporter - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 per annum Inc HCA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-29T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T14:50:45.377Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/East_Ham_Plaistow/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Peer_Support_Worker/Peer_Support_Worker-v8297999 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8297999?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Peer Support Worker (Various locations across Newham) We are recruiting for Senior Peer Support Worker to work across our Newham mental health services. This includes opportunities to work across our community teams and inpatient services. This role is specifically for someone with significant experience of working as a Peer support worker, within ELFT and be familiar with Newham. It is essential to have lived experience of using mental health services as well as completion of the ELFT Peer support worker training. Please note you will NOT be shortlisted without meeting these requirements. The role of Senior Peer Support Worker will primarily be a face-to-face role, with the need to work in the community and inpatient unit. The main focus of the work will be to support service users in their recovery journey, drawing on your lived experience. There is also a key expectation to co-facilitate groups and take on extra responsibilities relevant to the setting. This may include providing increased support on discharge and supporting the best use of our Peer support resource. 'Please apply for the post only if you have lived experience for mental health issues and evidence of the ELFT PSW Training certificate. In absence of any of those your will be automatically not shortlisted.' ### Main duties of the job You must be able to use your personal recovery journey to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in the people you are supporting. You should be an effective communicator and be able to work proactively, as part of the local teams and also as part of the wider teams supporting your peers. To work as an integral and highly valued member of the relevant teams to inspire hope and recovery through sharing lived experience. - To support staff new to Peer support worker role - To co-facilitate meaningful groups. - To take on additional responsibilities relevant to the setting e.g. supporting with referrals screening, team huddles, teaching and training. (Please see JD for full outline of role.) ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - - Significant experience of working as a Peer - - Own personal lived experience of mental health **Desirable** - - Awareness of local services and community organisations - - Ability to demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues. - - Knowledge of benefits/employment systems. - - Ability to speak other languages - . - Experience of delivering training. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - - A sound knowledge of good practice in Peer Support Work - - Ability to use Email, Word processing packages - - Cultural awareness including awareness of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health - - Commitment to Trust Equality and Diversity policies and Trust values **Desirable** - - Ability to co-produce new information resources to promote emerging projects. - To demonstrate a knowledge of conducting audits, survey’s and consultations. - - Able to demonstrate understanding of Intentional Peer Support. - - Demonstrate knowledge of personal Recovery To demonstrate broad understanding of the principles of recovery - - Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers. - - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. - - Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust. - - Ability to appreciate / understand other people's worlds. - - Willingness to take initiative and speaking Truth to Power - - Ability to recognise and appropriately challenge stigma and discrimination. - - Ability to demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues. - - Awareness of local services. - - Knowledge of benefits/employment systems ### Education/ Qualification/ Training **Essential** - - ELFT Accredited Peer Support Worker Training or equivalent. - - A willingness to undertake further training and/or qualifications - - Commitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training **Desirable** - - NVQ3 in health and social care or equivalent experience ## Documents - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [senior peer support worker jd (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616948) ## 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.