Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Peterborough seeks a Peer Support Worker to support individuals with experiences in the criminal justice system. This role involves delivering 1:1 peer support, promoting recovery goals, and managing community engagement. Candidates should have lived experience and a passion for helping others. The position involves flexible work locations and requires a minimum commitment to see three peers a day. Applications close on October 13, 2025.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of being through the criminal justice system.
• Ability to support vulnerable service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide formalized peer support to users with vulnerabilities.
• Work towards recovery focused goals within a time frame.
• Manage diary to see a minimum of 3 peers a day.
• Write recovery focused notes on NHS systems.
• Assist in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan.
• Support peers to overcome fears and promote strengths.
• Contribute to monthly Clinical Governance meetings.

Job description

Overview

We have an amazing opportunity for a peer support worker who has lived experience of being through the criminal justice system to join the Liaison and Diversion Service in Cambridgeshire.

As a Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker, you will be able to make a positive impact on people 1s lives through sharing the wisdom from your own lived experience. You will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. Within a relationship of mutuality, you will facilitate and support information sharing to promote choice, opportunities and connection to local communities.

Work in the community on a 1:1 basis to provide formalised peer support to all age service users with a range of vulnerabilities who went through the criminal justice system. This is usually in police/courts/probation or a community venue but may occasionally be online/via phone depending on the peers needs.

Work towards recovery focussed goals within a time frame of up to 6-8 weeks. This may include supporting access to community groups/support services based on bespoke needs and networks that enable peers to participate in community activities in order to maximise opportunities for ‘living well’ and promote social inclusion with the goal of minimizing future contact with criminal justice system.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children 1s, adult and older people 1s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

1. Work in the community on a 1:1 basis to provide formalised peer support to all age service users with a range of vulnerabilities who went through the criminal justice system. This is usually in police/courts/probation or a community venue but may occasionally be online/via phone depending on the peers needs.
2. Work towards recovery focussed goals within a time frame of up to 6-8 weeks. This may include supporting access to community groups/support services based on bespoke needs and networks that enable peers to participate in community activities in order to maximise opportunities for ‘living well’ and promote social inclusion with the goal of minimizing future contact with criminal justice system.
3. Effectively manage your own diary and travel time to support seeing a minimum of 3 peers a day (approximately).
4. Contribute to the wider overall care of your peer by writing recovery focussed notes on NHS systems and seeking regular feedback via service set outcome measurements.
5. Assist peers in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or similar ‘life plan’.
6. Support peers to overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenging negative self-talk and refocussing on the unique strengths your peer has.
7. Value, respect and promote the personal, social, cultural and spiritual uniqueness each peer has.
8. Contribute in a recovery focussed way to monthly Clinical Governance meetings

This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025