Peer Supporter

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 February 2026

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 experienced perinatal 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 to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they 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 their own wellbeing throughout this role.

What we mean by Lived Experience

Lived experience is when you have experienced something yourself through this experience you develop an understanding of what its like to live through unique experiences and develop resilience that supports your wellbeing.

As a Peer Supporter you will use these first-hand experiences of living through personal challenges to offer insight, relate to and offer support to other people who are now facing similar challenges to the ones you have faced.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

The post will also involve contributing to the continuing development of the Peer Supporter role and linking in with Third sector and/or recovery colleges.

For anyone who is interested in applying, we will hold an open day at St George's Park. You are welcome to come along to meet with Beadnell staff and involvement team staff. This will take place on 9th February between 1pm and 3pm.

The location of the service is:

Beadnell Mother and Baby Unit

St George's Park

Morpeth

NE61 2NU

For more information on Peer Support please refer to the information or contact the ward on

The ward manager at

Lived experience lead at  or telephone

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 22nd January 2026

Closing date : 19th February 2026

We welcome your application.

• Good level of secondary education
• Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme
• Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training or other similar peer support training
• Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training
• Completion of WRAP Educator training

• Personal lived experience of secondary mental health services and own recovery journey.

• Understanding of personal values and beliefs
• Good interpersonal and team-working skills
• Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner

• Ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rota per annum