Peer Support Team Leader CMHT

Solent Mind; Southampton; On-site; GBP 23,967 - 27,120; Part time

Job summary

Solent Mind is looking for a Peer Support Team Leader in Southampton to lead the delivery of the CMHT Peer Support Service. This role supports adults facing mental health challenges through effective peer support and interventions.

The successful candidate will utilize their lived experience to model empowerment and well-being, providing oversight for a diverse team of Peer Workers and volunteers, ensuring high-quality service delivery.

The position is a part-time role, comprising 30 hours per week, with a competitive salary ranging from £23,967 to £27,120 per annum.

Qualifications

• Use lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Model hope, empowerment, and wellbeing.
• Provide supervision for Peer Workers and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Southampton CMHT Peer Support Service.
• Ensure safe, effective, person-centred peer support.
• Support seamless pathways between NHS services and community provision.

Skills

Leadership

Peer support

Mental health knowledge

Operational oversight

Quality assurance

Job description

Salary: £23,967 to £27,120 (£29,560 to £33,448 full time equivalent) per annum - Solent Mind band D

Hours: 30 hours per week

Location: Southampton

Interview Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026

(Ref REQ00633)

About the role

The Peer Support Team Leader will lead day-to-day delivery of the Southampton CMHT Peer Support Service, supporting adults experiencing mental distress across the city. The role ensures safe, effective, person-centred peer support aligned to the service specification, enabling effective interventions, and supporting seamless pathways between NHS services and community provision.

About you

The postholder will use their own lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery to model hope, empowerment and wellbeing. They will provide leadership, supervision, operational oversight, and quality assurance for a mixed workforce of Peer Workers, volunteers, and student placements.

About us

Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.

For further details on this role please email:

Solent Mind Talent Acquisition team [e-mail] or 023 8201 1718