Peer Support Worker
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £25,760.00 to £27,476.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25760.00 - £27476.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2026 |
| Location: | Runwell, SS11 7FE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9364-26-0374 |
Summary
To acknowledge and work to the key principles for providing peer support (Mutuality, Reciprocity, Non-Directive, Strengths-based, Progressive, Inclusive, Recovery-Focused, and Safe) Be aware the emotional context, staying calm and being clear, consistent and reliable. Ensuring that the approach with colleagues, and service users is balanced and fair. To work with multi-disciplinary teams to support service users access additional services and teams within the inpatient setting to better meet their needs where possible. To support service users to direct their own recovery process through encouraging them to work collaboratively with teams, and where possible, carers, to identify their own goals and needs and to co-produce care plans to support these. To assist service users to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals, and support them to access and participate in activities which meet these, whilst demonstrating acceptance of and respect towards service users' personal beliefs, uniqueness and identity. To support service users to maintain and/or develop positive relationships with others and learn how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships.