Peer Support Worker
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3EPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
The role of Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental distress, or experience of caring for a...
As the Peer Support worker you will work collaboratively to assist in improving the wellbeing of service users within the FOLS team, as wekk as their families and carers.
- To support individuals who are overcoming mental health challenges in their journey to recovery and wellbeing.
- To be a positive role model for service users and use parts of your recovery story, where appropriate, to inspire hope.
- To support and enable individuals to resolve conflicts and regain control, responsibility, hope and enjoyment based on the principles of peer supported recovery.
- Using a peer approach, working with service users (both individually and/or in groups) to meet holistic needs (e.g. education, welfare, employment, financial, leisure, housing and spiritual), alongside the multidisciplinary care team (MDT).
- Supporting service users to engage in participation, co-production and service development opportunities
This role is a vital part of our plan to continually improve the service we provide and is aimed at people who have lived experience of using mental health care services. We are looking for people who can use their experience of mental distress, recovery and use of peer networks to inspire others.
We have a strong network of diverse and supportive peer support colleagues who meet regularly as part of peer networking across Sussex. We offer full training to new peer support workers, one-to one peer supervision and ongoing development opportunities.
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex.
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that high quality care is our top priority.
Qualifications
Essential
- A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
- Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
- Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills acquired through experience or formal teaching qualification (Band 4 only)
Desirable: - Health care or relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent skills (Band 3)
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Managing personal mental health and recovery
- Knowledge of Peer Support, Recovery and Wellbeing in mental health and ability to apply this throughout your work
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
17 September 2026
Last checked
18 September 2026
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