Mental Health Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience)

LifeLine Projects; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeLine Projects, in partnership with NELFT, seeks a Peer Support Worker to join the Mental Health & Wellbeing Team in Barking & Dagenham. You will use your lived experience to provide hope, practical support and encouragement on the recovery journey.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, help people build strengths, set personal goals, and connect with community resources, with a focus on engaging underrepresented communities and creating inclusive services.

Qualifications

• Must have a sustained phase of own mental health recovery.
• Able to manage wellbeing and share lived experience safely.
• Based in Redbridge is preferred to support local access.
• Will engage with underrepresented communities, including South Asian women and younger Black men.

Responsibilities

• Provide hope, practical support and encouragement to individuals on their recovery journey.
• Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support goal setting and access to community resources.
• Build trust and reduce stigma through compassionate, lived-experience-informed practice.
• Engage diverse communities to ensure services are accessible and inclusive.

Skills

Lived experience

Peer support

Diversity engagement

Job description

LifeLine Projects, in partnership with NELFT, seeks a Peer Support Worker to join the Mental Health & Wellbeing Team in Barking & Dagenham. You will use your lived experience to provide hope, practical support and encouragement on the recovery journey.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, help people build strengths, set personal goals, and connect with community resources, with a focus on engaging underrepresented communities and creating inclusive services.