NHS
Peer Support Worker
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Job Description
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- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
- Lived experience of the Criminal Justice System.
- Willingness to use own experiences to support others.
- Experience of supporting people in the community.
- Able to fulfil the requirement to commute across the whole of Sussex.
- Personal values.
- Lived experience of the Criminal Justice System.
- Willingness to use own experiences to support others.
- Experience of supporting people in the community.
- Able to fulfil the requirement to commute across the whole of Sussex.
- Personal values.
Job summary
A rare opportunity for a motivated individual who has lived experience of the Criminal Justice System including custody in prison.
Do you want to become involved in working with a nurse-led support service, to support prison leavers with their health and social needs?
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is seeking to recruit people with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System to join our NHS Reconnect service which covers East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
This post would be ideal for someone who wishes to use their own experiences of Prison and the Criminal Justice Service to help support people who are leaving prison and might otherwise struggle to engage with professionals.
Experience of peer support work is desirable, but not required, as the role depends more upon your ability to use your personal experience to support others and your aspiration to do so whilst being part of a NHS team that is supportive, approachable and dedicated to the role. Training will be provided.
The ability to commute independently across the Sussex area is essential, and expenses are covered by the Trust.
The foundation of peer support is based on the recognition that there is no better person to support the path towards recovery than someone who has walked the same path as that individual. We actively seek peers who have lived experience of both the CJS and a health and social care need, e.g. mental health, substance misuse, etc.
Main duties of the job
The Peer Support Worker will provide peer support and practical assistance to clients in order for them to engage with appropriate services, you will help them develop an identity outside of the criminal justice system, and regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process.The Peer Support Worker will help develop rapport between Reconnect professionals, the client and professional partner agencies.The Peer Support Worker will contribute their unique insights to team discussions, support planning and advocacy.The Peer Support worker will help the team reduce barriers to care, address power imbalances in therapeutic relationships and support with Quality Improvement initiatives from the perspective of lived-experience.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Details
Date posted
13 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum (pro-rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
301-LBG-25-7177287
Job locations
Room 15, Citibase, 95 Ditchling Road
Brighton, Sussex
BN1 4ST
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users. To help individuals identify strengths, interests, and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. To support the implementation of groups and networks that enable participation in activities. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met.*Please see attached Job Description/Person specification for further details.*
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users. To help individuals identify strengths, interests, and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals. To support the implementation of groups and networks that enable participation in activities. To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met.*Please see attached Job Description/Person specification for further details.*
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Other
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Other
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Room 15, Citibase, 95 Ditchling Road
Brighton, Sussex
BN1 4ST
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Room 15, Citibase, 95 Ditchling Road
Brighton, Sussex
BN1 4ST
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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