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Salary: £28,000 to £29,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
Contract: 2 years (until 31st March 2025)

Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years. 

We are looking for a Senior Peer Support Worker to join our Carers in Mind team. You will have your own personal story of providing unpaid care to someone with a mental health problem and be able to use that lived experience as well as your professional skills and knowledge, to support others.  (If you have relevant lived experience of mental health problems, you may also apply for the Adults Senior Peer Support Worker.)

Carers, families, friends and parents play a vital role in supporting people experiencing mental health problems, but often these demands can impact on the carer’s own wellbeing.  Our Carers in Mind team offer the vital specialist support needed to empower and support carers and parents in their roles.  The peer led offer will provide individuals with a unique opportunity to offer and receive support to improve the quality of their lives.  

The Senior Peer Support Worker will develop relationships with local professional and voluntary organisations, to support appropriate referrals and signposting to specialist help. You will manage a small team of Peer Support Workers with their own caseload, as well as managing your own caseload, in the delivery of one-to-one and group peer-led interventions to meet the unique needs of the carer.  You will also play a key role in the wider peer support team spanning other local community organisations to co-ordinate, monitor and advise on the progress of the peer support project as a whole.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about motivating and coaching carers as they support a loved one through their recovery journey. As well as having empathy with the core values of RB Mind, the successful applicants will have experience of providing person-centred support, through one-to-one sessions and through facilitating groups. You will have an awareness of the boundaries we work within when supporting vulnerable adults. You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated, and must be able to work on your own initiative.

The role will be supported by RB Mind Managers, and the Peer Support Coordinator in South West London St George’s Mental Health Trust (SWLStG),

This is a partnership project with South West London St George’s Mental Health Trust (SWLStG), locally led by Richmond Borough Mind. There are further Peer Support Worker vacancies within Age UK, Richmond AID, and Crossroads requiring appropriate skills and experience. Partners will seek your permission to share your details if we have sufficient successful applications.

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference.  We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.

Benefits of working for RB Mind: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata]. 

• Bonus 1 day of annual leave per year over the festive period
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Training and personal development opportunities
• Staff away days and socials
• Access to shared resources and training opportunities via Mind Federated Network

Closing date: Monday 17 April, 9.00am. 
Interview date: Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 19th and 21st April.

To find out how to apply online, click on the below button:

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Salary: £28,000 to £29,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
Contract: 2 years (until 31st March 2025)

Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years. 

We are looking for a Senior Peer Support Worker & Team Supervisor to join our Adults Peer Support team. You will have your own personal story of mental health issues and be able to use that lived experience as well as your professional skills and knowledge, to support others to improve the quality of their lives.  

The Senior Peer Support Worker & Team Supervisor will support the launch of the Richmond Peer Support initiative.  You will develop relationships with local professional and voluntary organisations to support appropriate referrals and signposting, lead a small team as well as managing your own caseload. With your team you will  deliver a wide range of support and person-centred interventions to meet these needs, which could include peer led interventions, group support, one to one interventions and signposting where specialist advice is needed. You will manage a Peer Support Worker (Adults) and Peer Support Worker (Young Adults) who will each have their own caseload, as well as maintaining regular contact with a Peer Support Worker (Neurodiversity & disability) based at Richmond Aid.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about motivating and coaching individuals with mental health issues, and able to support people on their journey to recovery. As well as having an empathy with the core values of RB Mind, the successful applicants will have experience of providing person-centred support through one to one sessions and through facilitating groups and experience of being a team supervisor. You will have an awareness of the boundaries we work within when supporting vulnerable adults. You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated, and must be able to work on your own initiative.

This role will be supported by RB Mind Managers, and the Peer Support Coordinator in South West London St George’s Mental Health Trust (SWLStG). As this is a partnership project, the successful candidate will be working with two other Senior Peer Support Worker & Team Supervisors. One will be based in the Carers Team with RB Mind and the other will be based with Age UK supporting older adults.   Nine new peer support roles have been created as part of the community mental health transformation programme (CMHTP) in Richmond.  CMHTP is an initiative across England that aims to address the long-term challenges faced by people with severe and enduring mental health conditions and their carers in NHS community mental services. This is a partnership project with South West London St George’s Mental Health Trust (SWLStG), locally led by Richmond Borough Mind

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference.  We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, lived experience of mental ill health is an essential requirement to meet the person specification for this role.

Benefits of working for RB Mind: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata]. 
• Bonus 1 day of annual leave per year over the festive period
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Training and personal development opportunities
• Staff away days and socials
• Access to shared resources and training opportunities via Mind Federated Network

Closing date: Monday 17th April, 9.00am. 
Interview date: Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 19th and 21st April.

To find out how to apply online, click on the below button:

Quick apply