Peer Support Worker

• £12,978 (based on a full-time salary of £27,038)
• 18 hours per week
• Contract until September 2024, with possibility of extension
• Based in Tony Hillis Ward, Lambeth Hospital

We are looking for a Peer Support Worker, who has their own lived experience of mental health issues to act as a role model to service users to inspire hope by sharing life experiences and lessons learnt as a person in recovery.

You will join the wider Peer Support In-Reach Service, alongside 11 other peers in various rehab wards across South London, but primarily work in a well-supported in-patient ward at Tony Hillis Ward at Lambeth Hospital.

You will use your lived experience to help people build the skills necessary to manage their home and finances, connect with family and friends, pursue social or vocational interests, to get more involved in their local community, and to stay healthy and mentally well. Your support will be person-centred and may include mentoring, coaching, facilitating access to community activities, practical support with managing bills, shopping, work or study, and emotional support.

This role is based in the Tony Hillis Ward at Lambeth Hospital offering services for men, aged 18-65, who have been detained on Sections 3 or 37 under the Mental Health Act 1983. The unit cares for patients with treatment resistant psychosis, with or without mild personality disorders; drug and alcohol misuse; and challenging behaviour.

You will be expected to be able to travel to work in the hospital and around the local area to assist your patients on visits in the community.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date: Sunday 24th March (11:59pm)

Likely interview date: Week beginning 1st April

About SEL Mind

We are a local Mind with a diverse workforce of over 400 staff and volunteers, working to support people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. Read about the benefits of working for us on our website.

Inclusion is one of our core values. We welcome all applicants, including those with lived experience of mental health problems. We particularly encourage applications from:

• People from culturally diverse communities
• Disabled people
• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
• Under 25s

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £12,978.00 per year

Expected hours: 18 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person