Peer Support Worker; Maple Ward

Overview

We are seeking dynamic and dedicated Peer Support Workers to join our Acute and Urgent Care wards, with roles available on our new Maple Ward and across established AUC wards. You will be joining an experienced and supportive peer workforce, with a Peer Lead and Advanced Peer Support Practitioner on hand to help you strengthen your peer practice, build confidence and ensure positive outcomes for the people we serve.

Roles range from two days per week to full-time, and include evenings and weekends following induction. Maple Ward is an innovative short-stay mixed-gender psychiatric ward operating on a maximum 28-day admission model. The team makes use of robust gatekeeping, Red to Green discharge facilitation and close partnership with Home Treatment Teams to support admission prevention and earlier supported discharge. As a Peer Support Worker, you will use your own lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery in a safe, intentional and boundaried way.

You will offer hope, build connection and empower people to take an active role in their care during a period that can feel overwhelming or uncertain.

• Provide peer-led support that promotes personal recovery, resilience and self-advocacy.
• Support individuals to develop crisis plans, recovery plans and advanced directives.
• Facilitate and co-facilitate peer-led groups and structured activities on the ward.
• Support engagement in ward rounds, community meetings and daily planning.
• Offer debriefs following restrictive interventions, contributing to trauma-informed practice.
• Signpost individuals to community resources, peer support and wellbeing opportunities.
• Maintain accurate notes and comply with safeguarding, confidentiality and health and safety policies.
• Work collaboratively within the MDT and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Contribute to audits, service improvement work and peer support initiatives across the Trust.

Agile and flexible working:
We offer flexible working conversations ts are ward-based and rostered, with shifts that may include evenings and weekends following induction. Opportunities for part-time (from 0.4 WTE) through to full-time (1.0 WTE) are available.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us.

We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist.

We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.