Peer Worker - Community Mental Health Team
Posted 1 day 20 hours ago by Solent Mind
About the role
Peer Support Service has been established in the Community Mental Health Teams in Southampton for over three years, working in partnership with our colleagues in The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. As a Peer Worker you will work alongside both Solent Mind and HIOW NHS colleagues to listen, connect and inspire hope authentically, through your lived experience.
About you
It is essential that you have your own lived experience and have a key understanding of the role of peer support in mental health as well as the ability to manage your own time with competing priorities taking responsibility for your own work and accountabilities.
About us
We're Solent Mind! We re part of a network of over 100 Local Minds who tailor trusted mental health services to our communities. We set our own strategies and partnerships and rely on the support of our brilliant local fundraisers.
We collaborate with Mind to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research make a difference in Hampshire. Together, we make better mental health possible both locally and nationally.
Benefits
Our Gold Award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and being a Mindful Employer reflects our commitment to our lively, friendly teams. We empower our people to have a voice, discover new opportunities and develop their careers. In addition to knowing you re making a difference, you ll also enjoy excellent benefits, including:
- Flexible working to promote a healthy work/life balance
- 25 days annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year (pro rata for part-time)
- Pension plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Season ticket and cycle-to-work scheme
If you re ready to join the fight for mental health, visit our website to find out more and apply.
Closing date: Tuesday 17 December 2024.
Interview date: Thursday 2 January 2025.
Posts may be subject to a relevant DBS check.
Solent Mind welcomes applications from all the communities in which we work. Appointments are made on merit.
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