1. Salary: £26,905 to £29,560 per annum (Solent Mind Band C)
2. Hours: 37 hours per week
3. Location: Southampton
4. Interview Date: Friday 31 October 2025
5. Closing Date: Thursday 09 October 2025 (11.59pm)
(Ref REQ00539)
Role Details:
About the role
Working in partnership with our NHS colleagues, Solent Mind are providing Peer Support from within Community Mental Health Teams across Southampton.
This roles includes:
Working with community mental health team colleagues to identify service users that may benefit from peer support and plan work accordingly in a collaborative, person-centred way, including on entry and discharge to/from the service.
Working with people in one to one and group settings, including managing your own caseload of service users, to support their recovery and build support networks, whilst supervising peers and volunteers and attending appropriate meetings
Supporting people to develop and use a range of skills and techniques to help their wellbeing.
About you
You must have mental health lived experience to apply for the role.
You will need to have a key understanding of the role of peer support in mental health as well as the ability to manage your own time with competing priorities taking responsibility for your own work and accountabilities.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire, supporting over 48,000 people with mental health interventions annually. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind, the national mental health charity. 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.
For further details on this role please email:
6. Solent Mind Talent Acquisition team or 023 8201 1718
Job description person specification
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment and to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at interview. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a enhanced adult barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
HOW