Lead Peer Support Worker- Band 5

1 week ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing College has gone through a service change and expansion to develop a one health approach joining up physical and mental health.

We deliver mental health courses to those open to secondary services and physical health courses to those with long term health conditions.


We are seeking an experienced Peer Support Worker to join our team to teach on our courses and be part of the management team.

We are looking for a highly motivated and creative member individual who has either lived experience of a mental health and/ or long-term physical health condition.

This is an opportunity to work in a team where you can use creativity and work across a number of services and use you own lived experience to inspire hope.

As can experienced Peer Support Worker you will support other Peer Support Workers within the team and demonstrate the value of Peer Support both within and outside of the Trust.

Development of courses, management meetings and promotional activity will mainly take place on Trust premises. Delivery of courses will take place within Trust venues, online and in community learning premises.


The post holder will work closely with and under the supervision of the College Manager / College Clinician in order to deliver the Recovery College programme within different locations throughout Gloucestershire.

Engagement in a learning support relationship with students, who may have service user, carer or staff backgrounds or a combination of these will be required


To enable and empower Peer Support Workers to independently vary or modify interventions according to the response or needs of the person accessing services.

To work within the Health Education England's Peer Support Worker Competency Framework.


At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.

This is the same approach we take for our employees.

We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards.

The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.


Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.


Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.


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 people's 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.

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


Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship and therefore we are only able to consider applicants with unrestricted right to work in the UK due to the role not currently meeting the UK Government's Visa's & Immigration's requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.


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