Peer Support Worker - Yeovil, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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Yeovil, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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The Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Services in Somerset have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of an expanding Team who will now include Mental Health Workers and Mental Health Peer support workers.

We are seeking 2 part time Mental Health Peer support workers to join our Community Nursing team.

This is an exciting time to join a thriving and innovative Team that has received significant investment from NHS England.

This enables us to offer an excellent service to Homeless people with mental health difficulties ensuring that these people can have the right help at the right time, in the right place, operating a no 'wrong door' ethos.


Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is a trailblazer for the NHS Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Service and Community Mental Health Framework and as such we are dismantling the traditional barriers to accessing interventions, treatment and support.

We are expanding our Homeless and Rough Sleepers Nursing service to include our own in house Mental health posts, working within community settings through to specialist NHS mental health settings, to enable people to access the right interventions, at the right time and in the right place.


We are are advertising for 2 part time peer support workers, who will be an integral part of delivering care and supporting referrals to homeless and rough sleeping adults who are struggled with their mental health/substance misuse, through sharing wisdom from their own lived experience.

The Peer Support Worker will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.


As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.

You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone


As a Mental Health Peer Support worker within the Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Service, the post holder will provide peer support to a caseload of people with mental health difficulties.

Please see the attached job description for duties and responsibilities.
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