Peer Support Worker

Everyturn Mental Health; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Enhanced pension

Wagestream access

Wellbeing programme

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Everyturn Mental Health is expanding its Woodland House residential service in Beckenham and seeks a Peer Support Worker to use lived experience to inspire hope and support residents toward independence. The role involves one-to-one and group support, building confidence, and helping residents access community resources.

You will work Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with enhanced rates for evening and weekend work; a multidisciplinary team supports your practice in a therapeutic environment.

Qualifications

• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery.
• Strong belief in recovery and empowerment.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Compassionate, person-centred approach.
• Understanding of peer support boundaries and reflective practice.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Basic IT skills and commitment to learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group peer support using lived experience to inspire hope.
• Build trusting relationships with residents based on empathy and respect.
• Support residents to develop confidence, independence and self-management.
• Help residents identify strengths and set personal recovery goals.
• Assist access to local services and community resources.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Basic IT skills

Job description

At Everyturn Mental Health, we're proud to be delivering Woodland House, our CQC-registered residential mental health service in Beckenham, developed in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This represents an exciting chapter in Everyturn's journey as we expand our services into London.

Our 12-14 bed, clinically led community rehabilitation service supports people with complex mental health needs in a safe, therapeutic and recovery-focused environment, with 24/7 clinical support.

We're looking for a Peer Support Worker to join our team and use their lived experience of mental health recovery to inspire hope, build confidence and support residents as they move towards greater independence.

About the role:

Many of the people we support are transitioning from prolonged inpatient admissions and may face challenges around confidence, social inclusion, independence and reconnecting with their communities.

As a Peer Support Worker, you'll provide one-to-one and group support, sharing your lived experience in a safe and purposeful way to help residents see what's possible in their own recovery journey. You'll work alongside people to identify strengths, achieve personal goals, access community opportunities and develop the skills needed for more independent living.

This role is primarily Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, although occasional evening and weekend working will be required. Enhanced rates are paid for eligible evening and weekend work.

What you'll be doing:

• Using your lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery to provide hope, encouragement and peer support.
• Building trusting relationships based on empathy, mutual respect and shared understanding.
• Supporting residents to develop confidence, independence and self-management skills.
• Helping people identify strengths, set personal goals and progress their recovery plans.
• Supporting access to meaningful activities, local services and community resources.
• Encouraging social inclusion and helping residents build supportive networks.
• Advocating for residents and ensuring their voices are heard.
• Working closely with colleagues and external partners to support positive recovery outcomes.

About you:

We're looking for someone with:

• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery and a willingness to use this experience to support others.
• A strong belief in recovery, empowerment and people's ability to grow and achieve their goals.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A compassionate, person-centred approach.
• An understanding of appropriate peer support boundaries and reflective practice.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Basic IT skills and a commitment to ongoing learning and development.

It would be great if you had:

• Lived experience of long-term inpatient mental health care or rehabilitation services.
• Experience of co-existing mental health and substance use challenges.
• Peer Support Worker, WRAP or other recovery-focused training.

Successful candidates will benefit from access to a well-established Peer Support Network through our partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, including:

• Free 8-day Peer Worker Training programme
• Central Peer Team induction
• Monthly peer mentoring
• Monthly Professional Peer Worker Forums
• Quarterly away days
• Opportunities to connect with peer workers across local community and inpatient services
• Access to peer support resources and monthly newsletters

This is a unique opportunity to join a developing rehabilitation service where lived experience is valued and recognised as a vital part of recovery. You'll play a key role in helping people build hope, regain independence, reconnect with their communities and move forward with confidence.

If you're passionate about the power of peer support and want to make a genuine difference in people's lives, we'd love to hear from you!

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethinc; menopause and neurodivergent communities.