MH Senior Peer Support Worker - Acute MH Inpatients

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Senior Peer Support Worker, where your lived experience will help inspire recovery in others. Work across multiple wards, engage in peer support initiatives, and play a vital role in the team's success. This rewarding position offers opportunities for personal and professional growth while making a significant difference in your community.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing support

Free flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges.
• Experience of working as a peer support worker.
• Evidence of further training in personal recovery principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality individual supervision to Peer Support Workers.
• Engage with internal services for recruitment processes.
• Delivering training and supporting peers in recovery.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Experiential knowledge of recovery

Education

Completed Peer Support Worker training

Accredited certificate in Life Coaching

Job description

Go back Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

MH Senior Peer Support Worker - Acute MH Inpatients

The closing date is 13 July 2025

This more than a job, it's a chance to make a significant difference. If you have the drive to support and uplift others, we want you on our team!

We are seeking a Senior Peer Support Worker to work across Laurel, Pine and Birch wards at the Redwoods Centre who has personal lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and having personally utilised inpatient mental health services to work in our multi-disciplinary inpatient teams at the Redwoods Centre.

Peer support workers utilise their own recovery journey to offer hope and belief that recovery is possible and promote choice, self-determination and opportunities and assist the individual to set and achieve their own unique recovery goals.

Life as a Peer Support Worker at MPFT

Please note that lived experience roles require applicants to have personal lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and having personally utilised inpatient mental health services. Applicants who do not hold this lived experience need not apply.

AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SUPPORTING STATEMENT. PLEASE NOTE - ONLY THOSE WHO ANSWER THE QUESTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING:

• Do you have direct lived experience of mental health challenges and of accessing an inpatient mental health service?

Main duties of the job

Lived Experience of receiving care from inpatient mental health services is essential to fulfil the person specification requirements for this role. We are aware that this role may be based in a team where you have previously been treated. Please be aware that if this is the case, your application will not be disadvantaged but upon beginning employment with us, a transfer of care to another team (or potentially organisation) will be coordinated to ensure safe working for your care and employment needs. Similarly, if you if you or someone you know well need inpatient mental health services input whilst in role, we would arrange a transfer to another team to separate your care and your employment. This is in line with our organisational practices for all staff working at MPFT.

The post holder will provide high quality individual supervision to Peer Support Workers within the allocated location.

To be actively involved in the process of recruitment of Peer Support Workers including being on interview panels

To proactively engage and work with a range of internal services including Human Resources and Occupational Health to ensure robust processes are in operation for the recruitment and maintenance of wellbeing of the Peer Support Workers

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

The Acute inpatient wards at the Redwoods Centre provides mental health support to people between 18-65 who are suffering from a severe and enduring mental illness. The wards provide services to the communities of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

To effectively co-deliver training, including the accredited Developing Expertise in Peer Support, Peer Support Worker Team Preparation sessions in readiness for peer support workers taking up post within teams; and learning and development activities within the Recovery College.

Regular hours would be 09:00 to 17:00 hrs Monday to Friday

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed Peer Support Worker training (preferably accredited)
• Evidence of further training in relation to personal recovery principles
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
• Accredited certificate in Life Coaching

Experience

• Own personal lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges
• Experience of having personally utilised inpatient mental health services
• Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey, with service users, carers and others
• Experience of working in a range of health and/or social care settings as a peer support worker
• Undertaking evaluations, audit and research
• Delivery of Recovery College courses
• Recent experience of supervision of others (in paid or unpaid capacity)
• Recent experience of delivering training and presentations to a wide range of audiences

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery
• Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers
• Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust
• Working knowledge of the principles of coproduction

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust