• Job Description

  Req#: C9327-25-0532?language=en&page=49&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) have a particular focus on individuals with treatment resistant psychosis and frequent admissions or long stays in inpatient units locally, and out of county, as well as individuals with 24 hour support whose placements are at risk of breaking down.

  This role will seek to build links between internal services, VCSE (voluntary, community or social enterprise) organisations and existing/new care providers to ensure a multi-agency, collaborative and recovery-oriented approach to complex rehabilitation. This will include creating a shared ethos and goals and a sense of hope and optimism to deliver individualised and person-centred care to promote independence and integration within the local community.

  Main duties of the job

  The main duties of the Peer Support Worker role are:

  • To communicate with a variety of people on a range of matters and keep accurate and complete records consistent with the Trust's policies and procedures.
  • To act as a specialist resource within the service, by offering a unique perspective to service users. To act as an expert on recovery resources.
  • To share ideas about ways of achieving recovery goals.
  • To co-facilitate group therapy, support and psycho-education groups in various settings within the community as deemed clinically appropriate.
  • To promote opportunities for people with lived experience to raise awareness and promote understanding.
  • Attend Peer Support Group meetings.
  • Support individuals and their families from a holistic perspective.
  • Identify risk and ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out, and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
  • To attend and actively participate in support and supervision meetings and other meetings as agreed.
  • To maintain good communication with colleagues within Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, peer mentors, partner organisations and external agencies.
  • Work closely with Trust social inclusion team, help lead on quarterly expert by lived experience forums.

  The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

  About us

  We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

  Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

  • 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
  • 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
  • 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

  This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

  Details

  Date posted

  05 June 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

  327-25-457

  Job locations

  Weavers Croft

  Field Road

  Stroud

  GL5 2HZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

  As a Peer Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Peer Support Worker , Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.

  You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

  Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

  As a Peer Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Peer Support Worker , Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.

  You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

  Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues.
  • Training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of experience, knowledge or training.

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of delivering peer mentoring services

  Experience

  Essential

  • The post holder must have lived experience of moderate to severe mental health difficulties in recent years.
  • Proven experience of unsupervised working practices.
  • Experience in information analysis and provision of statistical reports. Experience of development of services.
  • Ability to work in an enabling and creative way. Willingness too support people needs in recovery goals.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook

  Desirable

  • Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
  • Experience of maintaining a comprehensive records.
  • Experience of providing teaching or mentoring to adults.
  • Experience of co-facilitating any group therapy.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Knowledge of Health and wellbeing issues.
  • Training to NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of experience, knowledge or training.

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of delivering peer mentoring services

  Experience

  Essential

  • The post holder must have lived experience of moderate to severe mental health difficulties in recent years.
  • Proven experience of unsupervised working practices.
  • Experience in information analysis and provision of statistical reports. Experience of development of services.
  • Ability to work in an enabling and creative way. Willingness too support people needs in recovery goals.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook

  Desirable

  • Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
  • Experience of maintaining a comprehensive records.
  • Experience of providing teaching or mentoring to adults.
  • Experience of co-facilitating any group therapy.

  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

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Weavers Croft

  Field Road

  Stroud

  GL5 2HZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Weavers Croft

  Field Road

  Stroud

  GL5 2HZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (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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