Peer Supporter

Employer Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Georges Park Hospital Town Morpeth Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pro rota per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2026 23:59

Hello!

We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).

We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.

Opportunities for you

Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.

We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.

• Cultural diversity staff network
• Disabled staff network
• LGBT+ staff network

We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:

• Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Network
• Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
• Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group

We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.

Always improving

CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust’s (CNTW). The role will be for a Peer Supporter for the Mother and Baby Unit (Beadnell Ward) at St Georges Park Hospital in Morpeth.

The Mother and Baby Unit is a six bedded inpatient specialist perinatal ward, for women suffering with perinatal illness.

The Peer Supporter role is a valuable part of the multi-disciplinary support that the ward provides women and their families.

The role is aimed at someone who has experiencedinatal mental illness and sought support for this.

You will use your knowledge and direct lived experience of having perinatal mental illness, and be able to share this to provide support for the women who are admitted onto the ward and their families.

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a specialist multi-disciplinary clinical team, utilising your personal experience to:

· Support and engage service users and their families.

· Support women to access various support organisations.

· Facilitate groups for the women and their babies.

· Empower women to have their voices heard in their own care.

· Help staff to understand the challenges that perinatal illness can bring.

This will be a challenging, but rewarding role. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people.

As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all of our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain…