Senior Peer Support Worker

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Peer Support Worker for the Southern Gambling Service. This part-time role (22.5 hours per week) is predominantly remote from home, with occasional in-person meetings at College Keep or Trust sites in Hampshire.

You will use lived experience of gambling difficulties and recovery to provide hope, empathy and practical peer support, helping to reduce stigma and improve access to treatment across localities.

Responsibilities

• Provide hope and empathy using lived experience of gambling recovery through peer support, dialogue and role modelling.
• Coordinate day-to-day peer support activity with the other Senior Peer Support Worker to ensure consistency across localities.
• Participate in guidance/supervision and input into peer support provision; attend mandatory training and travel to Trust sites as required.

Job description

Due to service expansion, an exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an additional Senior Peer Support Worker within the Southern Gambling Service (SGS). The role is part-time at 22.5 hours. We are seeking an individual who has lived experience of gambling difficulties and recovery and is passionate about reducing stigma and shame and increasing access to gambling treatment. We recognise the value peer support brings to our service as part of integrated treatment pathways. We are a regional NHS gambling service based at College Keep in Southampton, but the role will involve predominantly remote working from home. The team meet monthly, in person, at College Keep and some mandatory training will require traveling to Trust sites in Hampshire.

The Senior Peer Support Worker will use their own personal experiences of managing mental health and recovery, to provide hope, empathy and a different practical perspective through support, dialogue and acting as a role model.

The postholder will work alongside the other senior peer support worker to provide day-to-day co-ordination, offer guidance/supervision and input into the peer support provision to ensure consistency across all localities