Peer Support Inpatient Resource Supervisor

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Peer Support Resource Supervisor to lead the introduction of peer support roles across inpatient wards. The role focuses on promoting lived experience, supporting staff and volunteers, and delivering structured peer support interventions.

You will coordinate supervision, contribute to care planning, and act as a role model for peer support practice, ensuring inclusivity and ongoing training within the ward teams.

Qualifications

• Must have significant previous experience as a Peer Support Worker, preferably in a paid role.
• Completed recognised peer support training.
• Committed to empowering others and embedding lived experience perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead on introducing Peer Support roles to inpatient wards.
• Coordinate and provide supervision to Peer Support Workers and volunteers.
• Deliver 1:1 and group-based peer support interventions.
• Contribute to care planning, discharge planning and risk identification with peer perspectives.
• Embed peer support as a core component of inpatient MDT functioning.
• Organise workload and respond to workforce and operational issues.

Skills

Peer support

Supervision

Mentorship

Stakeholder engagement

Inpatient care experience

Education

Recognised peer support training

Job description

his new role will take a lead on introducing Peer Support roles to our inpatient wards. As the Peer Support Resource Supervisor you will promote the value of mental health lived experience, contributing to the development of support provided by our wards, including finding innovative ways to gather patient feedback and understand patient experience.

Alongside Peer Support Workers you may also co-deliver individual and group-based recovery-focused interventions, or independently manage a defined caseload within inpatient settings, delivering structured peer support interventions.

You must have significant previous experience as a Peer Support Worker, preferably in a paid role, in a healthcare or community setting, and have completed recognised peer support training.

We want someone who is committed to empowering others, challenging stigma and embedding lived experience perspectives, to be a visible role model for mental health recovery, utilising your lived experience purposefully to inspire hope and resilience.

Providing day-to-day operational coordination of the peer support resources across inpatient services, will include delivering tailored supervision, mentorship, and support to peer staff and volunteers, being the first point of contact for operational and workforce issues.

You may also bring your lived experience perspective to care planning, discharge planning, and risk identification, working within your scope of practice.

Embed the Values and Principles of Peer Support: Act as a senior advocate and guardian of peer support values, ensuring they are protected and embedded within all CWP services.

Coordinate and allocate Peer Support Workers across inpatient wards to ensure safe staffing support, appropriate skill mix and responsive service delivery.

Provide induction, supervision, appraisal and performance discussions to Peer Support Workers and volunteers.

As a role model for professional peer support practice support development, wellbeing, reflective practice and ongoing training of peers.

Establish and embed peer support as a core component of inpatient MDT functioning.

Manage and prioritise a defined caseload of individuals experiencing acute distress and complex mental health needs while developing therapeutic peer relationships.

Deliver structured 1:1 and group-based peer support interventions, monitor, review, and document outcome

Build strong professional relationships in order to Engage and Advocate: with carers and families, with multiple agencies and the MDT.

Contribute to the development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of peer support, using data, feedback, and co-production to inform best practice and service delivery.

Organise and prioritise workload independently within agreed objectives, while demonstrating sound judgement.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Quigley Job title: Peer Support Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07826940334

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