Peer Support Inpatient Resource Supervisor | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Peer Support Inpatient Resource Supervisor to lead the introduction of peer support roles on inpatient wards. You will promote lived experience, supervise peer staff and volunteers, and manage a defined caseload while delivering recovery-focused interventions.

The role requires significant prior peer support experience, preferably in a paid role, and recognised peer support training.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Peer Support Worker, preferably in a paid role.
• Completion of recognised peer support training.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational coordination of peer support resources across inpatient services.
• Deliver tailored supervision, mentorship and support to peer staff and volunteers.
• Manage a defined caseload within inpatient settings and deliver structured peer support interventions.
• Contribute to care planning, discharge planning and risk identification within scope of practice.
• Embed peer support values across services and act as a senior advocate for lived experience.

Skills

Peer support experience

Mentorship

Supervision experience

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Peer support training

Job description

Peer Support Inpatient Resource Supervisor | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Company:

Company: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

hisnew rolewill take a lead on introducing Peer Support roles to our inpatient wards. As the Peer Support Resource Supervisor you will promote the value of mental health lived experience, contributing to the development of support provided by our wards, including finding innovative ways to gather patient feedback and understand patient experience.

Alongside Peer Support Workers you may also co-deliver individual and group-based recovery-focused interventions, or independently manage a defined caseload within inpatient settings, delivering structured peer support interventions.

Youmust havesignificant previous experience as a Peer Support Worker, preferably in a paid role, in a healthcare or community setting, and have completed recognised peer support training.

We want someone who is committed to empowering others, challenging stigma and embedding lived experience perspectives, to be a visible role model for mental health recovery, utilising your lived experience purposefully to inspire hope and resilience.

Providing day-to-day operational coordination of the peer support resources across inpatient services, will include delivering tailored supervision, mentorship, and support to peer staff and volunteers, being the first point of contact for operational and workforce issues.

You may also bring your lived experience perspective to care planning, discharge planning, and risk identification, working within your scope of practice.

Embed the Values and Principles of Peer Support:Act as a senior advocate and guardian of peer support values, ensuring they are protected and embedded within all CWP services.

Coordinate and allocatePeer Support Workers across inpatient wards to ensure safe staffing support, appropriate skill mix and responsive service delivery.

Provideinduction, supervision, appraisaland performance discussions to Peer Support Workers and volunteers.

As arole modelfor professional peer support practice support development, wellbeing, reflective practice and ongoing training of peers.

Establish and embed peer supportas a core component of inpatient MDT functioning.

Manage and prioritise a definedcaseloadof individuals experiencing acute distress and complex mental health needs while developing therapeutic peer relationships.

Deliverstructured 1:1 and group-based peer support interventions, monitor, review, and document outcome

Buildstrong professional relationshipsin order to Engage and Advocate: with carers and families, with multiple agencies and the MDT.

Contribute to thedevelopment, evaluation, and continuous improvementof peer support, using data, feedback, and co-production to inform best practice and service delivery.

Organise and prioritiseworkload independently within agreed objectives, while demonstrating sound judgement.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £15 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Hours: Full-time Location: Chester, CH2 1BQ Job type: Permanent Posting date: 10 Nov 2026 Closing date: 10 Dec 2026 Apply for this job