Peer Support Worker (Sutton HTT)

As a Peer Support Worker you will be responsible for providing support to people with long term mental health problems, supporting people to develop their independence, self-management skills and achieve their recovery goals., This is an exciting opportunity to join one of our HTAS accredited teams with post falling under the London Borough of Sutton within South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust. The role is for someone with Lived experience of mental health difficulties. We would provide training and supervision. This will be an opportunity to develop communication and skills working therapeutically alongside others to support patients with mental health difficulties.

The successful candidate will provide recovery-orientated peer support to people with long-term mental health problems, facilitating access to community activities and emotional support.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.