Job title and organisation: Inpatient Discharge Peer Support Worker - Touchstone
Salary: Touchstone Pay Structure (2024) points* 07 – 11, starting at £25,839.84 pa/pro rata
Hours: 1x 37 & 1x 18
Contract: 37 hours - Fixed term up to 30 June 2028, with the possibility of an extension & 18 hours - Fixed term up to 12 months, with the possibility of an extension
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 19 October 2025
Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
This is an exciting opportunity to provide peer support within the Becklin Centre Inpatient Discharge service. The service works to improve outcomes for hospital patients who are experiencing significant mental health difficulties. The aim is for service users to lead their own recovery and to facilitate smooth and sustainable discharge from hospital. You will work together with service users to identify strengths and to reinforce positive patterns of behaviour, with the aim of reducing the chances of re-admission to hospital.
Information Session: Thursday 09 October 2025, at 11:00am via Microsoft Teams
To attend, please email
CLOSING DATE: 19 October 2025
Interviews will be held on: 31 October 2025
As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:
1. Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
2. 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
3. Flexible working opportunities
4. Personal wellbeing budget. Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
5. Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
6. Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
7. Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
8. Learning and personal development opportunities
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation.