Peer Support Worker - Perinatal Mental Health

The Peer Support Worker will have lived experience of mental health challenges during the perinatal period, and a knowledge of care options and coping strategies. They will have had the opportunity to address their own emotional and psychological needs in relation to loss and therefore feel psychologically well enough to manage the emotional and wider psychological demands of this role., The peer support worker will hold a caseload and support patients within the community by seeing them in their homes. This could also include supporting them to attend groups or other community social activity.

Supporting to run groups lead by other professions within the service. Attending and contributing to weekly MDTs.

In addition to

• Establishing supportive, positive and respectful relationships with all people you come in contact with.


• Providing peer support, maintaining professional boundaries. Helping people identify recovery goals themselves. Supporting service users to identify and overcome fears within a relationship of empathy and trust.


• Undertaking appropriate administrative duties for delivering effective and timely care, including updating patient records.


We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible., patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

The role of Peer Support Worker across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland has been developed to specifically utilise the skills of people who have lived experience of having received Secondary Care Mental Health services. Through sharing wisdom from their own experiences, Peer Support Workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others.

The role will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, they will promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of personally valued roles and connection to local communities. Individual roles may target specific age groups for example young people or older people whilst other roles may work across an age range., We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working