Job overview

Do you have lived experience of mental health challenges?

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Band 3 Peer Support Worker to join our Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Team. 

As a Peer Support Worker, you will work with individuals facing complex emotional and relational needs, drawing on your own recovery journey to offer hope, understanding, and practical support.  You will act as a role model by sharing your own lived experience of recovering from mental health difficulties, inspiring hope, and optimism, and demonstrating that a meaningful life is possible. 

Who We’re Looking For

· Lived Experience: You’ve faced mental health challenges, accessed mental health services, and can reflect on your recovery journey to inspire others.

· Empathy and Resilience: You’re able to connect with people, handle challenging situations professionally, and maintain boundaries.

The SCM Team supports individuals with complex emotional and relational needs within the CMHT in Tameside & Glossop. We offer an evidence-based treatment over 12-18 months, including one-to-one sessions and skills groups.

Our clinical leads recommend taking a period of approximately 12 months after completing a CERN intervention (e.g. SCM) to consolidate gains made, prior to applying for this Peer Support Worker role. This is a recommendation, and all applications will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Main duties of the job

· Support Recovery: Use your lived experience to provide emotional and practical support, helping service users identify and work towards their personal goals.

· Build Connections: Offer empathy and companionship, working one-on-one and in groups to empower individuals and reduce feelings of isolation.

· Share Self-Management Tools: Draw on the techniques you’ve used to manage your own wellbeing and share these with others in a hopeful, strengths-based way.

· Be a Role Model: Inspire belief in recovery by modelling wellbeing and acting as an ambassador for service users within our team.

· Make a Difference: Your story and insights will empower others, helping them feel understood and supported on their recovery journey.

· Supportive Team: You’ll be part of a compassionate, multidisciplinary team with access to training and regular supervision to help you thrive.

· Shape Peer Support: Join a Trust that values lived experience and contribute to reducing stigma in mental health care.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

· Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.

· Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.

· Access to Continued Professional Development.

· Involvement in improvement and research activities.

· Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.

· Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.