Recovery Coach & Peer Support Mentor

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Peer Support Worker to support individuals with lived experience of mental health issues or dual diagnoses. The role focuses on promoting recovery and autonomy across clinical and community settings.

We aim to employ someone who can inspire hope, model recovery, and contribute to ongoing development and evaluation of peer support roles within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting others in a health or social care context is desirable.
• Ability to communicate with empathy and establish trust with service users.

Responsibilities

• Support and promote recovery from mental health as a user led concept.
• Emphasise hope and optimism, inspiring individuals to achieve their aspirations/goals.
• Value experiential learning alongside other people.
• Focus on strengths rather than deficits.
• Foster collaboration between those who need support and those who support them.
• Enable and promote autonomy and self-management.
• Contribute to ongoing development of Peer Support Worker roles, including training programmes and evaluations.

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Peer Support Worker to support individuals with lived experience of mental health issues or dual diagnoses. The role focuses on promoting recovery and autonomy across clinical and community settings.

We aim to employ someone who can inspire hope, model recovery, and contribute to ongoing development and evaluation of peer support roles within the Trust.