Peer Support Worker

Peer Support Worker

The closing date is 15 March 2026.

We are excited to be advertising for two Peer Support Workers to join the service. We are thrilled to be able to offer a bespoke inpatient service focused on women's care. These roles will support the delivery of the acute care pathway. We are looking for people with lived experience of using mental health services and in particular inpatient services. We welcome applications from diverse communities to represent the vibrant city we serve.

This post will close once the required amount of applicants has been reached.

The role will involve a number of responsibilities supporting our female service users on an acute ward. This will include 1:1 and group work to support people with individual recovery, you will also be a valued part of the multidisciplinary team.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us. What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of. If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and associated difficulties
• Knowledge of mental health services including treatment and support
• To have experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
• Knowledge of the philosophy and principles of co‑production and service user and carer led recovery initiatives
• Awareness of the impact of stigma and discrimination
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, verbal and written skills
• Ability to draw upon your lived experience to enhance the approaches offered to service users, to support their wellbeing
• Experience of working in a recovery focused way

• Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English Language, or equivalent
• A willingness to undertake any further training as required

• Lived experience of managing a mental health difficulty
• Direct experience of using mental health or voluntary services and ability to use this experience positively in the role and be willing and able to share one's own personal recovery to help others
• Personal experience of using acute inpatient mental health services
• Experience of being with people who use mental health services
• Experience of working in the health or voluntary sector and/ or partnership working
• Experience of working in a team or a group environment
• Wide range of life experiences to bring an enabling and positive view of opportunities for others

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role, and to cope with changing situations, needs and demands and a varying timetable of work
• Ability to develop and maintain safe and effective therapeutic relationships
• Willing and able to travel within a geographical area in a timely and effective manner

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust