EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service Peer Support Worker

Touchstone; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Touchstone is seeking a female Peer Support Worker for their EMERGE Service to support young individuals facing complex emotional challenges. This fixed-term role offers training and contributes to a highly supportive team environment with opportunities for personal development and well-being support.

Benefits

Personal wellbeing budget

28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Agile working opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Access to counselling

Health and wellbeing staff days

Inclusive maternity and parental policies

Learning and personal development opportunities

Additional day of leave for celebrations

Qualifications

• Occupational requirement for the applicant to be female.
• Experience in mental health or support settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals aged 18-25 with complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties.
• Provide training and supervision under the EMERGE team.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

Job Description:

37 hours per week

This role is fixed term for up to 24 months with the possibility of an extension

*Any increase in pay point(s) will be reviewed on an annual basis based on the financial position of Touchstone and will only be awarded on this basis. Your pay/pay point will not automatically increase.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the EMERGE peer support service. We provide a range of interventions for people with complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties (also referred to as “personality disorder”). The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will be embedded within the EMERGE team to support people aged 18-25. The PSW will receive training for the role, and supervision and management from Touchstone and EMERGE staff.

Interviews will be held on: 07 July 2025

Tasks

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the EMERGE peer support service. We provide a range of interventions for people with complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties (also referred to as “personality disorder”). The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will be embedded within the EMERGE team to support people aged 18-25. The PSW will receive training for the role, and supervision and management from Touchstone and EMERGE staff.

Requirements

It is an occupational requirement for this role that the successful applicant is female.

As an employee of Touchstone, all successful applicants continually benefit from the following:

• Personal wellbeing budget
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Agile working opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff Mindful Employer helpline
• Health and wellbeing and fun organisational staff away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• A full range of staff and peer support networks
• Additional day of leave for a celebration day
• Learning and personal development opportunities

Touchstone are a Third-Sector organisation, providing health and wellbeing services to over 10,000 people in diverse communities across Yorkshire every year.