Recovery-Focused Peer Support Specialist

Tamfol; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a Peer Support Worker based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. The role requires using your lived experience of complex emotional needs to support service users, carers and families across Bedfordshire and Luton.

You will work within the countywide Complex Needs Service under supervision, helping people move toward recovery. The post involves travel between CMHT bases, inpatient units and community sites.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of complex emotional needs or personality disorder.
• Experience supporting recovery journeys.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide time-limited peer support to service users to progress recovery goals.
• Share lived experiences to support service users and carers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to inform care and records.

Skills

Lived experience

Recovery focus

Trauma-informed practice

Equality & diversity

Communication skills

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a Peer Support Worker based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. The role requires using your lived experience of complex emotional needs to support service users, carers and families across Bedfordshire and Luton.

You will work within the countywide Complex Needs Service under supervision, helping people move toward recovery. The post involves travel between CMHT bases, inpatient units and community sites.