Please note: Previous applicants need not apply We are recruiting to a Peer Support Worker rolewithin the Community FASTER Service. (Forensic Autism and learning disability Support, Training and Enhanced Risk management). This service is being developed as a partnership betweenCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT)andMidlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We are seeking applicants withlived experience of mental distress and /or other mental health conditions.The ideal candidate would also havelived experience of a learning disability and/or autismandlived experience of the criminal justice system. Someone who can draw on their personal experiences to offer empathy, understanding, and hope to others. The role of Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically to ensure people with lived experience can inspire recovery and provide meaningful support. This is anon-recurrent, two-year projectfunded via the Reach Out Collaborative, with the contract commencing upon appointment. This post is available as afixed-term contract or 18-month secondmentopportunity for internal applicants. This is an exciting opportunity to play akey role in supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism who have forensic needs, reducing health inequalities and promoting recovery-focused outcomes. · Encouraging, inspiring, motivating, and assisting people withmultiple and complex needswho access the community FASTER service. · Working alongside the Band 7 Nurse Practitioner to supportcomprehensive and holistic assessmentsand contribute to care and support packages. · Usinglived experience to build empathy and understanding, offering hope and supporting recovery. · Helping people feel more in control of their lives by connecting them withpractical support networksand supporting them to identify their own recovery pathway. · Supporting individuals totransition from secure services into the community or least restrictive environments, reducing the number of people in specialist hospitals. · Addressinghealth-related drivers of offending behavioursand supporting people across care pathways, organisations, and roles. · Building links and liaising withexternal agenciesto ensure collaborative, person-centred care. · Ensuring the individual’s needs remain at the forefront at all times, working to therecovery modelto support people in achieving their goals. • Work across the locality of Coventry and Warwickshire andtravelelsewhere in theWest Midlands region. At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include: • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us • flexible working opportunities • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes • well-being support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more • staff networks and support groups. We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and well-being of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. • To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support. • To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff. • To work effectively as a member of a team to engage individuals in a number of activities and engagement with services. • To support people accessing services to identify their recovery pathway and ways in which they can achieve their own goals. • To support the team in implementing care planned interventions, including those supporting families and carers. • To provide practical support to people in developing and managing dignity and independence. • To support people accessing services with issues around benefits, housing and welfare rights. • Toprovidesupportadvicewithdailyliving activities. • To support people where appropriate in accessing relevant physical health checks, investigations and interventions to improve physical health and well-being. • To provide information on health promotion. • To monitor individuals’ progress, level of functioning and mental state - alerting the community faster Service practitioners and other appropriate staff involved when concerns arise. • To promote involvement within the service for the person accessing services and carer (friends and family). • To maintain a flexible approach to encourage engagement. • To gain advice and support when needed with team practitioners and team managers and attend regular supervision in accordance with Trust policy, to ensure care and safety is maintained • To offer occasional input to lived experience forums within the local area to support shared good practice of your lived experience and professional role. • The post holder will work across the locality of Coventry and Warwickshire and will be expected to travel elsewhere in the West Midlands region or nationally (to attend professional meetings and training events). The transport/carrying of audio visual and other IT equipment may also berequired. This advert closes on Tuesday 12 May 2026