EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service Peer Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading mental health charity is seeking a Peer Support Worker to join their EMERGE Leeds service. This role offers a unique opportunity to assist young adults facing emotional challenges, providing vital support within a dedicated team. The position is full-time for up to 24 months, embedded in a community-focused organization committed to empowering its staff and clients.

Benefits

Personal wellbeing budget

28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Agile working opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Access to counselling services

Health and wellbeing staff away days

Inclusive maternity and parental policies

Learning and personal development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Support people aged 18-25 with complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties.
• Receive training and management from Touchstone and EMERGE staff.
• Work within the EMERGE team as a Peer Support Worker.

Job description

EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service Peer Support Worker

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 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.

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

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.

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

How to Apply

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing [e-mail] . Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Added

• Added

  30/05/2025

Closing

• Closing

  22/06/2025

Location

• Location

  Leeds

Hours

• Hours

  Full Time 37 Hours per week

• Salary

  Touchstone Pay Structure (2024) Points* 07 – 11, starting at £25,839.84 pa/pro rata