Veteran Recovery Peer Support Specialist — Hybrid

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester (VT); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday, rising to 33 days

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts

£8K relocation package

Season ticket loans

Job share welcomes

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the Op COURAGE Peer Support Worker. The role leverages lived military experience to empower veterans and guide engagement with mental health services.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, providing recovery-focused, person-centered support both remotely and on-site, travelling across the East of England as needed and maintaining strict confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of armed forces and mental health recovery used to support veterans.
• Deliver recovery-focused, person-centered peer support under supervision.
• Engage with service users to identify goals and promote participation and independence.
• Maintain records and work within Peer Support Worker framework and policies.

Responsibilities

• Develop positive, trusting relationships with service users and support recovery journey.
• Provide recovery-focused peer support with defined caseload under supervision.
• Deliver interventions both remotely and face-to-face in line with care plans.
• Promote hope, resilience, self-management and independence for veterans.
• Advocate for Armed Forces needs and coordinate with health and community services.
• Collaborate with clinical colleagues and partner agencies for coordinated care.
• Escalate safeguarding or risk concerns per Trust policies.

Skills

Lived experience of military service

Recovery-focused peer support

Building trust with service users

Collaborating in multidisciplinary团队

Job description

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the Op COURAGE Peer Support Worker. The role leverages lived military experience to empower veterans and guide engagement with mental health services.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, providing recovery-focused, person-centered support both remotely and on-site, travelling across the East of England as needed and maintaining strict confidentiality.