Peer Specialist - Crisis Support (Lighthouse; fixed term)
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £32,475 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton, Hampshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Solent Mind |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | REQ00543 |
Summary
About the role:
You will play a vital part in helping people experiencing or at risk of a mental health crisis, in partnership with our mental health nursing and allied health care professional colleagues from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide safe and appropriate support for users of The Lighthouse. You will also support people to develop and use techniques and skills to support their wellbeing.
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 compassion and confidence to calmly and effectively support people who are distressed and/or in crisis, in person and by telephone and text.
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.
You will play a vital part in helping people experiencing or at risk of a mental health crisis, in partnership with our mental health nursing and allied health care professional colleagues from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide safe and appropriate support for users of The Lighthouse. You will also support people to develop and use techniques and skills to support their wellbeing.
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 compassion and confidence to calmly and effectively support people who are distressed and/or in crisis, in person and by telephone and text.
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.