Senior Peer Specialist - Crisis Support (Lighthouse)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,405 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Southampton, Hampshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Solent Mind |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | REQ00541 |
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About the role:
As a Senior Peer Support Specialist, you will be using your own mental health experiences to support, encourage and inspire others. This work will include the following elements:
Offering support, co-ordination and supervision to a small team of peer workers.
Taking a lead role in the delivery of face to face support to people who are in distress, by providing a safe space for them to talk and make sense of their experiences and sharing your own experiences in an appropriate way.
Contributing to the ongoing development of the service and partnership.
These posts will involve 4pm-12midnight shifts on a rota basis which will include weekends and bank holidays. Unsocial hours enhancements have been applied in line with the NHS enhancement rates for all hours worked on weekends/bank holidays and after 8pm weekdays.
About you:
You will need to have personal, lived experience of a mental health issue. As well as the confidence and aptitude to supervise and support staff within a busy service, and to calmly and effectively take a lead on day-to-day face to face operations, by implement processes and policies and managing risk whilst supporting people who are distressed and/or in crisis.
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment and to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at interview. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a enhanced adult barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
As a Senior Peer Support Specialist, you will be using your own mental health experiences to support, encourage and inspire others. This work will include the following elements:
Offering support, co-ordination and supervision to a small team of peer workers.
Taking a lead role in the delivery of face to face support to people who are in distress, by providing a safe space for them to talk and make sense of their experiences and sharing your own experiences in an appropriate way.
Contributing to the ongoing development of the service and partnership.
These posts will involve 4pm-12midnight shifts on a rota basis which will include weekends and bank holidays. Unsocial hours enhancements have been applied in line with the NHS enhancement rates for all hours worked on weekends/bank holidays and after 8pm weekdays.
About you:
You will need to have personal, lived experience of a mental health issue. As well as the confidence and aptitude to supervise and support staff within a busy service, and to calmly and effectively take a lead on day-to-day face to face operations, by implement processes and policies and managing risk whilst supporting people who are distressed and/or in crisis.
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment and to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at interview. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a enhanced adult barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.