Peer Support Coach — Lived Experience Champion

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening and Saturday pay uplift

Sunday and bank holiday uplift

27 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Peer Support Worker to help people living with mental health challenges or dual diagnoses. The role centers on living well, recovery, and supporting others across community and clinical settings.

You will share your experiences to inspire hope, promote autonomy, and work in partnership with service users and staff. The post also involves contributing to training programmes and evaluations to develop the peer support model.

Qualifications

• This role is for people with lived experience of mental health or a dual diagnosis.

Responsibilities

• Support and promote recovery from mental health as a user-led concept.
• Inspire hope and help others to achieve their goals.
• Value experiential learning and collaborate with others.
• Focus on strengths and empower service users.
• Foster collaboration between those who need support and those who provide it.
• Enable autonomy and self-management for service users.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of peer support roles, training programmes and evaluations.

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Peer Support Worker to help people living with mental health challenges or dual diagnoses. The role centers on living well, recovery, and supporting others across community and clinical settings.

You will share your experiences to inspire hope, promote autonomy, and work in partnership with service users and staff. The post also involves contributing to training programmes and evaluations to develop the peer support model.