Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 383-ACA-5960-25
- Employer
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Audrey House, Kingsway Hospital
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Peer Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
The Peer Support Worker role is an integral role in our new female Enhanced Care Female Unit (ECU). It is an exciting and innovative time to join Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as we embark on the opening of Audrey House on our Kingsway Hospital site in Derby.
Your role as a PSW, will be an exciting dual role, working within a multi-disciplinary team. The role will involve
- Helping to co-produce policy writing, procedures, and governance for our ECU, coupled with using your voice of lived experience of mental health, to ensure the team are aware of the imperative work you will be undertaking within the unit.
- Promoting the implementation of cultural and structural change through the provision of peer support as an integral part of acute adult inpatient mental health services
- Facilitating formal and informal learning, working with staff in clinical practice and supporting the clinical team to develop the best recovery-based practice.
The PSW role sees the introduction of lived experience into everyday practice. You will offer a combination of group and one to one work and will work within the multi-disciplinary team to support a service user’s recovery journey.
The work will be face to face in a ward-based environment and will be carried out under the supervision of the Ward Manager with support from our Inpatient Peer Support Lead.
Main duties of the job
You will support the provision of high-quality patient services that are clinically safe, evidence based, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trusts’ Standards.
The post will also involve working closely in collaboration with our Psychological Therapies department at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to be able to work with teams as well as on your own initiative are essential.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the Trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
“As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa’s and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)”
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory level of secondary education to GCSE English A-C grade, or equivalent (may be working toward this).
- Completion or willingness to complete peer support training
- Be able to demonstrate a good standard of English.
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to role
- Previous experience of being a servicer receiver or a carer of a service receiver.
- Mental Health or Health and Social Care related qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of mental health challenges.
- Lived experience of accessing mental health services.
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Stanley
- Job title
- Senior Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
- Telephone
- 01332 564856, option 1, option 1
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