• Job Description

  Req#: C9364-25-0728?language=en&page=472&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Rainbow Mother and Baby Unit is a specialist 6 bedded unit. The unit provides mental health care and treatment for women during the late stages of pregnancy and up to one year after the birth of their baby.

  The Rainbow Unit aims to:

  • Deliver the highest quality of care to mothers and theirbabies in a safe, friendly and supportive environment.
  • Maintain the safety of all mothers and their babies whilst treating the mother's mental illness.
  • Offer support to the families and carers involved in the mother's and or baby's care.
  • Help sustain the developing relationship between mother, baby and other family members.

  Through the understanding of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) in relation to lived experiences within inpatient settings, the hope and reflection of recovery can be promoted within perinatal services

  Main duties of the job

  Using your own lived experiences, the role of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) is to support and understand the impact of accessing services when experiencing mental health challenges.

  As a PSW, you will work collaboratively with service users and the wider MDT to support the implementing of care and promoting recovery.

  You will provide support and understanding to care givers and family members whilst underpinning recovery principles and socially inclusive practice

  PSW's can support in building therapeutic relationships with service users to promote choice, offer advocacy support and understanding of position through lived experiences of being admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit.

  About us

  EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

  The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

  Join our Staff bank

  What is Staff Bank?

  Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

  All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

  If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

  Details

  Date posted

  04 July 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

  Full-time

  Reference number

  364-A-9143

  Job locations

  The Linden Centre

  Broomfield Hospital

  Chelmsford

  CM1 7LF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a Peer support worker, you will have a wide range of responsibilities.

  working one to one and supporting service users or patients

  helping to support individuals to develop goals

  supporting people in care planning

  helping people engage with activities

  supporting group work

  helping support people develop recovery plans

  regular 1-1 meetings including review with supervisor to discuss any challenges and talk through sessions

  meeting regularly with a small group of volunteers to discuss general topics, daily guidelines, and handovers.

  participating in activities such as tutoring, mentoring, or creating and running a workshop for a class as volunteers or one-on-one meetings.

  providing guidance, tutoring, and social support to volunteers, fellow students, or others interested in learning more about PSW.

  coordinating volunteer opportunities with local non-profit organizations or community groups.

  organizing support groups or peer-led clubs focused on PSW.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a Peer support worker, you will have a wide range of responsibilities.

  working one to one and supporting service users or patients

  helping to support individuals to develop goals

  supporting people in care planning

  helping people engage with activities

  supporting group work

  helping support people develop recovery plans

  regular 1-1 meetings including review with supervisor to discuss any challenges and talk through sessions

  meeting regularly with a small group of volunteers to discuss general topics, daily guidelines, and handovers.

  participating in activities such as tutoring, mentoring, or creating and running a workshop for a class as volunteers or one-on-one meetings.

  providing guidance, tutoring, and social support to volunteers, fellow students, or others interested in learning more about PSW.

  coordinating volunteer opportunities with local non-profit organizations or community groups.

  organizing support groups or peer-led clubs focused on PSW.

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

  Desirable

  • Completed Peer Support Worker training
  • Completed further training within mental health sector

  Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate personal knowledge of recovery from perinatal mental health challenges with lived experience
  • Experience of working with people with mental health challenges and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services

  Desirable

  • Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

  Desirable

  • Completed Peer Support Worker training
  • Completed further training within mental health sector

  Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate personal knowledge of recovery from perinatal mental health challenges with lived experience
  • Experience of working with people with mental health challenges and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services

  Desirable

  • Experience of positively sharing own life experiences, and personal recovery journey with service users, carers and others

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  The Linden Centre

  Broomfield Hospital

  Chelmsford

  CM1 7LF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  The Linden Centre

  Broomfield Hospital

  Chelmsford

  CM1 7LF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• 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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