Peer Support Officer

The Stroke Association; England; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

The Stroke Association is seeking a part-time Peer Support Officer to join the South West, Wessex & Channel Islands service delivery team. This home-based role requires travel across Gloucestershire and occasionally the South West locality.

You will lead involvement of stroke survivors and carers, develop peer support groups, and coordinate with healthcare professionals to improve experiences and outcomes. The role is fixed-term for 1 year, 21 hours per week, with a salary of £17,800 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience and understanding of meaningful involvement of people affected by stroke.
• Ability to prioritise work using data-driven approaches.
• Willingness to travel across Gloucestershire and beyond as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the involvement of people affected by stroke to prioritise our work and improve experiences.
• Develop peer support groups across Gloucestershire.
• Collaborate with health care professionals, clinicians, managers and leads.
• Manage volunteers and build stroke communities to support survivors and carers.
• Work with locality teams to deliver engagement activity.

Skills

Data driven

Independent work

Willing to travel

Dependable

Team player

Job description

## **Ref:000050 | Peer Support Officer | Home-based Gloucestershire****, as part of the South West, Wessex & Channel Islands locality team**However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings) | This is a fixed-term contract for 1 year |**Salary circa £17,800 per annum** | **21 hours per week**We currently have funding for this service for 1 year.We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the South West, Wessex and Channel Islands service delivery team to support our exciting work in Gloucestershire. You will bring experience and understanding of the meaningful involvement of lived experience, working to address health inequities, using a data driven approach to prioritisation and focus of work.Reporting to the Service Delivery Coach for the South West and Channel Islands, the Peer Support Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against engagement activity.Key responsibilities will include:* Leading the involvement of people affected by stroke to prioritise our work and improve the experience of people affected by stroke* Development of peer support groups across Gloucestershire* Working with health care professionals, including clinicians, managers and leads* Managing volunteers* Build stroke communities to enable stroke survivors and their carers to rebuild their lives after strokeYou will be:* Data driven* Able to work independently, prioritise activity and focus to increase impact and reach* Willing to travel* Experimental and willing to learn* Dependable* A team playerThis role requires travel across Gloucestershire as well as occasional travel across the South West locality. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the roleTo fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.Please click here to view the role profile.**To apply please click here.** Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.**If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement when applying for the role.****Closing Date: 4 October 2026 | Interview Date: 13 and 14 October 2026**Please note all roles close at midnightInterviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.