Peer Support Worker Apprentice - Oxford City / NE Oxon PCMHT
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oxford |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75714642 |
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Do you have prior lived experience of mental health challenges?
This post is recruiting for a Peer Support Worker within the Oxford Health Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Service.
Peer Support Workers (PSWs) are people who have their own lived experience of mental health challenges or have supported/cared for someone with mental health challenges. They use empathy informed by their own experiences to support service users/families who are accessing mental health services.
We’re looking for people who are compassionate, can work well in a team, highly motivated and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be provided with training for the role and given the opportunity to complete the national recognised care certificate.
As part of our services across Oxfordshire, we are implementing Keystone Mental Health & Wellbeing Hubs to support GP practices with Mental Health assessment and support for patients in their communities. The hubs have been developed to improve the health and wellbeing of people who experience serious and complex mental health difficulties in the community.
Peer support workers assist clients to identify their goals and aid in their recovery process by drawing on their own lived experience of recovery.
Team working hours are Mon-Fri 9-5.
Main duties of the jobThe Peer Support Worker role sees the introduction of lived experience into everyday practice. PSW’s offer a combination of group and one to one work and will work within the multi-disciplinary team to support a service users recovery journey. The post holder will facilitate formal and informal learning, working with staff in clinical practice and supporting clinical teams to develop recovery-based practice.
Peer Support Workers model the recovery principles together with personal responsibility, self-awareness and self-care whilst undertaking the duties of the role.
Lived experience:
- Drawing on lived experience of mental health to provide emotional and practical support to an allocated group of service users to promote their recovery. This may include avoidance of admission and/or promoting recovery for inpatient’s by helping them to identify and build their own support network.
- To support service users to engage effectively with care being offered and access appropriate services.
- To build relationships that are founded on the value of mutuality which will facilitate the provision of regular and practical support.
- Where appropriate challenge discrimination and reducing the stigma of mental ill health.
- To positively promote independent living of service users through role-modelling individual recovery journeys
- To build rapport with service users, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We are looking for Peer Support Workers at both our Kidlington Keystone Hub and our Oxford Keystone Hub. If you have a strong preference for one or other hub please specify this clearly on your application.
Oxford Health offer the Peer Support Training programme as a nationally recognised accredited Level 3 Apprenticeship (fully funded by Oxford Health).
The Peer Worker Apprenticeship is completed over a period of 15-19 months depending on whether a Peer Support Worker works part time or full time (22.5-37.5 hours).
Eligibility criteria to enrol on the Apprenticeship includes having GCSE/Level 2 Maths and English qualifications. You will be expected to provide evidence of these qualifications. If you do not have these qualifications, we would still welcome your application for consideration, but you would need to complete The Trust’s functional skills courses on Maths and/or English whilst in the role before enrolling on the Apprenticeship. All new Peer Support Workers will be provided with training for the role and support from a tutor and supervisor within their working hours.
Person specification Experience Essential criteria- The ability to offer specialist support using their personal experience of recovery
- To have experience of working within a supportive and enabling role
- Able to use own initiative when appropriate
- The ability to develop and maintain sound working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of mental health conditions
PSW band 3 PS and JD (PDF, 263.4KB)
PSW band 3 PS and JD (PDF, 263.4KB)
Apprenticeship Information (PDF, 368.6KB)
Please read before applying (PDF, 560.5KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Verity Penfold
Title: City and NE Oxon PCMHT Team Manager
Email: verity.penfold@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865 904995