Peer Trainer

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham seeks a Peer Trainer to support recovery-focused learning opportunities for adults facing mental health challenges. The role demands teaching skills and lived experience of mental health issues. Responsibilities include developing individual learning plans and co-facilitating courses. A full-time position with a salary range of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum.

Qualifications

• Must have a teaching qualification and lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Experience of producing and implementing wellness plans.
• Understanding of recovery principles and teaching/co-facilitating.

Responsibilities

• Enrol students in the college and assist with their individual learning plans.
• Co-produce and co-facilitate recovery-focused learning opportunities.
• Maintain documentation of student information and activity.

Skills

Teaching skills

Ability to share lived experience safely

Excellent written and verbal communication

Organizational skills

Education

City & Guilds AET Introduction to Training Skills Level 3 or equivalent

Additional Teaching/Educational Qualification

Job description

Go back Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Peer Trainer

The closing date is 09 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to work with an innovative, dynamic and recovery focused Peer Team based in Nottingham covering Nottingham City and County.

The adults who access our service present with a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges.

You would be joining an established, supportive and hardworking team who are passionate about improving recovery outcomes for adults, their family, friends and carers.

You will be an integral part of the team providing our service which offers co-teaching and co-production of recovery focused learning opportunities, enrolments, individual learning plans, reviews and next steps progression upholding the recovery focused culture and philosophy of the service.

You must have a teaching qualification and experience. Also, lived experience of mental health challenges.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled Worker Visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to enrol students in the college to work alongside them to develop their individual learning plans and choose the courses the student identifies. To support the enrolment process with information about progression onto to next steps following graduation from the College.

The post holder will co-produce, co-facilitate, & support the range of recovery focused learning opportunities provided by the service for service users, staff, relatives, friends and loved ones in conjunction with other trainers at the college.

The post holder will uphold their duty of care for all students through an excellent understanding and implementation of Student Welfare and safeguarding in line with the Trust policies and procedures and local service operating procedure

The post holder will uphold the recovery focused culture and philosophy of the Recovery College in all interactions and tasks with students, the college team, wider colleagues internal to the Trust and external partners, family friends, members of the public and visitors to the college.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

This role requires a Peer Trainer who can work as a member of a team and on their own initiative. It is essential to be recovery focused, friendly, and approachable and able to support the Recovery College to deliver all aspects the service provides, teaching, learning support, enrolment, and student welfare. The job demands dedication, commitment, flexibility, loyalty, compassion, and confidentiality.

To enrol students at the college, working alongside them in a recovery focused way to support them to complete their own individual learning plan and the course choices, which suit their own learning goals.

To identify any learning support needs from an educational, physical, and mental health perspective, recording this accurately on enrolment documentation and in a timely manner hand over to the administration team for processing.

To participate in the co-production/ co-review of recovery focused, self‑management courses.

To co‑facilitate the teaching/learning of courses offered in the service, according to timetable commitments.

To ensure a recovery focused learning context in each class to enable learning, utilising good classroom management skills, class agreements the student charter & guidelines and sound differentiation.

To plan and be prepared in advance of any given class timetabled with the relevant session plans, and course resources, also to prepare classrooms in terms of environment, meeting and greeting students.

To be responsible for maintaining up to date, accurate documentation of student/patient information and entering activity on RIO patient records.

To be responsible for the reminder calls/texts for all students in any timetabled class.

To be responsible for the duty of care and student welfare of students/patients in all timetabled classes, enrolments and ad hoc student interactions in line with Safeguarding Trust policies and Service protocols and process, reporting any concerns in a timely, responsive and safe manner to line management and following up on any actions required as directed.

To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required.

To support and contribute as required to any service development, reviews, reports, evaluation as directed by the Recovery College Manager in line with the broader service development & strategic plans of the service/trust.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• City & Guilds AET Introduction to Training Skills Level 3 or equivalent qualification
• Additional Teaching/Educational Qualification

Experience

• Lived experience of Mental Health Challenges
• Experience of producing, utilising and implementing wellness plan for personal/volunteering or work resilience
• Experience of teaching, co‑facilitating and co‑production

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of using lived experience to safely and effectively to support recovery
• Knowledge and understanding of recovery principles and the Recovery College Service Model

Skills

• Teaching skills
• Ability/skills to share lived experience safety and effectively in a way that is relevant and pertinent to learning outcome and objectives

Values and behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of co‑ facilitation and co‑production of recovery focused teaching and learning
• Knowledge and understanding of wellness plans as a tool for resilience and wellbeing
• Knowledge and understanding of data protection, confidentiality and safeguarding
• Knowledge and understanding of Equality and Diversity

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication & interpersonal skills
• Self motivated, conscientious, adaptable, able to work on own initiative as well as a good team player
• Good organisational, time management skills and the ability to manage stress, work under pressure, plan and prioritise own workload.

Contractual requirements

• Essential car user or demonstrate ability to travel

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Duncan Macmillan House - Nottingham Recovery College

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearper annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

186-1386-25-MH

Job locations

Duncan Macmillan House - Nottingham Recovery College