Norwich & South Norfolk Community
£Basic Salary = £24,968.26 + £RRA 1,066.65 = £29,025.45 (37.5 hours per week)
£Basic Salary = £19,974.60 + £RRA 853.32 = £20,827.92 (30 hours per week)
£Basic Salary = £16,645.50 + £RRA 711.10 = £17,356.60 (22.5 hours per week)
* no personal care * permanent contract
Do you have lived experience of mental health challenges, recovery and using mental health services?
Are you passionate about using your experience to inspire hope, empower others and demonstrate that recovery is possible? Do you believe in working alongside people as equals, recognising their strengths and supporting them to achieve the things that matter most to them?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
Join Us as a Peer Support Worker within our South team!
At NIHCSS, we believe that lived experience is a powerful asset. By bringing together professional expertise and personal experience, we place co-production, inclusion and human connection at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating services that are person centred, strengths based and focused on enabling people to live fulfilling lives within their communities.
We are currently looking for a Peer Support Worker to join our dedicated team supporting people across Norwich and South Norfolk.
In this role, you will use your own experiences of recovery to build trusting and authentic relationships with people accessing our services. Through empathy, active listening and shared understanding, you will support individuals to identify their strengths, build confidence, develop self-management skills and pursue their own personal recovery goals.
You will work alongside a specialist multidisciplinary team, with guidance and support from our Peer Support Co-ordinator, delivering both one-to-one and group-based peer support. By sharing hope, fostering connection and promoting choice and independence, you will play a vital role in helping people shape their own recovery journey.
What You'll Bring
- Personal lived experience of mental health challenges, recovery and accessing support services.
- A belief in people's ability to recover, grow and live meaningful lives.
- Excellent listening and communication skills.
- The ability to use your lived experience safely and appropriately to support others.
- A commitment to equality, inclusion and reducing stigma and discrimination.
- A compassionate, collaborative and strengths-based approach.
Why Join NIHCSS?
Together for Mental Wellbeing and NIHCSS are committed to values that place people at the centre of everything we do. We believe in:
- Working together through collaboration, co-production and mutual respect.
- Promoting hope and opportunity by focusing on strengths, aspirations and recovery.
- Valuing diversity and inclusion, ensuring everyone feels heard, respected and able to be themselves.
- Making a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities we support.
- Being compassionate and person centred in all our interactions.
We are passionate about creating a workplace where people feel valued, included and able to thrive. We will support your ongoing learning and development, help you build new skills and provide opportunities to progress your career. We encourage innovation and welcome new ideas, ensuring every team member has a voice in shaping how we work and improve our services.
If you are ready to use your lived experience to inspire hope, champion recovery and make a meaningful difference in your community, we would love you to join us.
Pay: £26,034.91 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have at least one year full-time equivalent experience of working in mental health, paid or unpaid?
- Please confirm that you have your own, personal, lived experience of mental health/use of services (this is a mandatory requirement of the role). By lived experience we mean your own, not caring for someone with a mental health condition
- As a Peer Support Worker you will be expected to share relevant aspects of your own recovery journey to support others. Please explain in more than one paragraph how do you feel your own lived experience of mental distress and recovery can be applied to directly to benefit those you will be supporting?
(If this section is not completed, we will be unable to accept your application)
- Do you drive and have access to a vehicle that you are happy to use for work purposes? (This is a mandatory requirement of the role and applications cannot be considered without this)
- Please confirm what hours you would prefer per week - 22.5, 30 or 37.5
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Norwich NR2 4GA
