Position
Band 3 Peer Support Worker – Full time (part‑time considered) – working in the Prospect Place (Rochdale) and Tatton Unit (Tameside) Male Low Secure Units.
About the role
Peer Support Workers use their lived experience of mental health difficulties to support people with mental health challenges on the ward and in community settings. The role involves 1:1 or group work, role modelling, goal setting and supporting service users in their recovery journey.
Main Duties
- Demonstrate respect and values towards service users, carers and colleagues while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Act as a positive role model by sharing your recovery journey to inspire hope.
- Use active listening and communication skills to help service users develop self‑understanding and recovery goals.
- Ensure peer goals are reviewed regularly and liaised with the multi‑disciplinary team.
- Model self‑awareness, advocacy, personal responsibility and promote confidence in peers.
- Participate as a co‑facilitator in structured and formal group‑based interventions.
- Advise staff of changes in risk, mental health or behaviour during interactions with service users.
- Prioritise, manage and monitor workload and coordinate with the Team Manager.
- Accompany service users to appointments, meetings and support access to community groups.
- Provide 1:1 sessions when not engaged in structured activities.
- Support service users to collaboratively write care plans with practitioners and monitor progress.
- Teach coping, self‑help and self‑management techniques.
- Use own initiative, experience and training to decide on interventions, with supervision from the multi‑disciplinary team.
- Support the multi‑disciplinary team in promoting a recovery‑oriented environment.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Access to continued professional development.
- Involvement in improvement and research activities.
- Health and wellbeing activities and an excellent staff wellbeing service.
- Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Person Specification
- GCSE in English to GCSE standard or equivalent.
- Commitment to completing accredited Peer Support Worker training.
- Willingness to undertake further training in line with peer support development.
Experience
- Lived experience of mental health challenges and ability to reflect on those experiences.
- Positive viewpoint to share with others.
- Experience using self‑management tools and techniques.
- Team or group experience.
- Belief that people can live a meaningful life.
- Experience reflecting on own experience and practice in one‑to‑one or group settings.
- Experience supporting others to identify and work towards their own goals.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Use personal experience to support others and demonstrate empathy.
- Awareness of challenges presented by individuals in crisis.
- Understand perspectives of service users and their families.
- Manage challenging situations professionally and control own emotional responses.
- Work in a trauma‑informed manner, validating experiences and inspiring hope.
- Understand professional and personal boundaries regarding sharing recovery stories.
- Understand peer support work impact and stigma.
- Reflect on practice and engage in supervision.
- Excellent written, verbal and non‑verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate and willing to learn record‑keeping systems.
- Prioritise workload effectively.
- Understand person‑centred and recovery focused practice.
- Knowledge of diverse cultures and communities served.
- Enable service users to be experts in their recovery.
- Safeguarding of children and adults at risk.
Equal Opportunities
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion and belief are encouraged to apply. We actively encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness.
Additional Support & Adjustments
We provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process. If you need assisted adjustments, please contact us on 0161 716 3181.
Disability Confident Scheme
If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Contact
Address: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, 225 Old Street, OL6 7SR, Telephone 01617163181.
Email: francis.ukpebor@nhs.net | Telephone: 01706676146.
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