Senior Peer Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor to join North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust's Inpatient, Acute and Urgent Care Directorate.

This role is for someone with personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery, alongside experience of using that experience positively and professionally as a Peer Support Worker.

Working with the Recovery and Experience Lead, you will support the development and sustainability of peer support across inpatient services, promoting hope, recovery-focused and trauma-informed care.

You will supervise and develop Peer Support Workers, helping them build confidence, reflect on their practice and use lived experience safely and effectively. You will also champion recovery values, support colleagues and work collaboratively to strengthen peer support across the Trust.

We are seeking a compassionate, reflective and approachable individual who can build positive relationships, remain professional during challenging situations and inspire others through their lived experience., The Senior Peer Support Worker Supervisor will support the delivery, supervision and development of Peer Support Workers across inpatient services, working collaboratively with service users, colleagues and multidisciplinary teams., Providing individual and group supervision, coaching, guidance and reflective support to Peer Support Workers.

Supporting newly appointed colleagues to establish their roles and develop confidence, skills and professional boundaries.

Promoting the safe and effective use of lived experience to inspire hope, encourage self-management and support personal recovery goals.

Championing recovery-focused, trauma-informed and person-centred practice.

Supporting choice, empowerment and co-production in recovery and care planning.

Contributing to training, group facilitation and the development and sustainability of peer support roles.

Building effective relationships with recovery champions, community organisations and partner agencies.

Promoting inclusion, challenging stigma and discrimination, and demonstrating the Trust's Proud to CARE values.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.