Senior Peer Support Lead – Mental Health & Recovery

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Peer Support Worker for the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Tower Hamlets. You will use your lived experience to provide recovery-focused support, helping service users set goals, gain independence, and access community opportunities.

You will lead peer support development within the team, promote the value of lived experience, and mentor peers, while contributing to service development and partnerships with local organisations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Peer Support Worker.
• Completed recognised peer support training.
• Passionate about empowering others and embedding lived experience perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group-based peer support using lived experience to inspire hope and recovery.
• Support service users to develop independence and build meaningful relationships within the community.
• Lead and develop peer support provision within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and supervision to Peer Support Workers.

Skills

Peer support

Leadership

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

Peer support training

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Peer Support Worker for the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Tower Hamlets. You will use your lived experience to provide recovery-focused support, helping service users set goals, gain independence, and access community opportunities.

You will lead peer support development within the team, promote the value of lived experience, and mentor peers, while contributing to service development and partnerships with local organisations.