Solent Mind • Southampton, Hampshire
About this role
30 Hours per week
About the role
Peer Support is recognised as a key component of modern mental health and wellbeing provision. Peer support roles are specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health problems. We have established peer support services at all levels, including community, primary, secondary and crisis care.
Peer support staff and volunteers listen, connect and inspire hope authentically and through our lived experience.
For this role we are working in partnership with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a programme of peer support throughout Southampton City in the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT).
About you
As Senior peer worker you will offering support coordination and supervision to a small team of peer workers.
You will work closely with CMHT colleagues to identify and develop opportunities for peer support, including reviewing and planning work, caseloads and service plans.
You will hold a caseload working directly with service users in one to one and group settings.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind.
Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.