Perinatal Partner Peer Support Worker | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for a Partner Peer Support Worker to join their Perinatal Mental Health Team. This role is focused on providing support to Dads and Partners of women accessing the service, conducting wellbeing checks, and advocating for their involvement in care. Candidates should have personal experience in this area and possess excellent communication skills. A driving license and vehicle access are required for this position, which covers Cambridge and surrounding areas.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting a partner through the perinatal period.
• Ability to travel independently around the county.
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Conduct one-to-one wellbeing conversations with partners.
• Develop links with local support organizations.
• Support partners to self-identify their needs.
• Be a contributing member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Advocate for the role of partners in family mental health.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Listening skills

Ability to advocate

Understanding of perinatal mental health

Job description

Do you have personal experience of supporting your partner through the perinatal period?

Are you passionate about peer support and family wellbeing?

Do you have excellent communication and listening skills?

We are excited to offer a brand new opportunity for a Partner Peer Support Worker to join the Perinatal Mental Health Team. This post is key in our ambition to offer family focused care for women accessing the service.

Drawing on your own lived experience of supporting a loved one through the perinatal period, you will carry out wellbeing checks with Dads & Partners, helping signpost and ensure Dads & Partners feel heard and valued during this key period.

You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure Dads & Partners are included in the care pathway, and their vital role is recognised.

This post is based in the South of the county, covering Cambridge, Ely and the surrounding areas. We have another position available in the North of the county (Peterborough, Huntingdon, Fenland and the surrounding areas). Please view this advert for details.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a reciprocal arrangement with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

• Conduct one to one wellbeing conversations with partners of women accessing the Perinatal Service.
• Develop and maintain excellent links with local organisations offering support and advice to partners.
• Support partners to self‑identify their needs and help signpost to community organisations and other services.
• Be a valued and contributing member of the wider multi‑disciplinary team.
• Advocate for the role of partners in the Perinatal period, recognising the vital role they play in family mental health and recovery.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long‑term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Establish a supportive and respectful relationship with peers and other service users.
• Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.
• Model personal responsibility, self‑awareness, self‑belief, self‑advocacy and hopefulness via the telling of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.
• Coach coping, self‑help and self‑management techniques within the peer relationship.
• Support service users to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenge negative self‑talk.
• Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.
• Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multi‑disciplinary team members, service users and carers.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026