Peer Support Worker | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM1 7LF |
| Company: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7314668/364-A-9143 |
Summary
The Rainbow Mother and Baby Unit is a specialist 6 bedded unit. The unit provides mental health care and treatment for women during the late stages of pregnancy and up to one year after the birth of their baby.
The Rainbow Unit aims to:
• Deliver the highest quality of care to mothers and their babies in a safe, friendly and supportive environment.
• Maintain the safety of all mothers and their babies whilst treating the mother’s mental illness.
• Offer support to the families and carers involved in the mother’s and or baby’s care.
• Help sustain the developing relationship between mother, baby and other family members.
Through the understanding of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) in relation to lived experiences within inpatient settings, the hope and reflection of recovery can be promoted within perinatal services
Using your own lived experiences, the role of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) is to support and understand the impact of accessing services when experiencing mental health challenges.
As a PSW, you will work collaboratively with service users and the wider MDT to support the implementing of care and promoting recovery.
You will provide support and understanding to care givers and family members whilst underpinning recovery principles and socially inclusive practice
PSW's can support in building therapeutic relationships with service users to promote choice, offer advocacy support and understanding of position through lived experiences of being admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
As a Peer support worker, you will have a wide range of responsibilities.
· working one to one and supporting service users or patients
· helping to support individuals to develop goals
· supporting people in care planning
· helping people engage with activities
· supporting group work
· helping support people develop recovery plans
· regular 1-1 meetings including review with supervisor to discuss any challenges and talk through sessions
· meeting regularly with a small group of volunteers to discuss general topics, daily guidelines, and handovers.
· participating in activities such as tutoring, mentoring, or creating and running a workshop for a class as volunteers or one-on-one meetings.
· providing guidance, tutoring, and social support to volunteers, fellow students, or others interested in learning more about PSW.
· coordinating volunteer opportunities with local non-profit organizations or community groups.
· organizing support groups or peer-led clubs focused on PSW.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025