Overview
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for the post of Senior Peer Support Worker. The role is based at Maudsley Hospital within the Eating Disorders Department, which includes outpatients, day service, Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) and inpatients. The Eating Disorders Operational Department (EDOPD) is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties.
As part of the Senior Peer Support Worker role, you will support individuals with eating disorders across outpatients, day services and the Enhanced Treatment Team via individual and group peer support interventions, under the clinical and professional supervision of a qualified psychologist, psychotherapist or CBT therapist and other MDT members. The post holder will also supervise Peer Support Workers in their roles, contribute to the development and coordination of Peer Support services across the service, and support ongoing learning and development.
We are looking for enthusiastic people to join our well-established and growing peer support service. Successful applicants will be engaging, approachable, motivated, committed to personal and professional development, and able to engage with people with complex mental health difficulties. You will be organized and have existing experience working with mental health care.
We offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working and are happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, providing a good work-life balance.
Responsibilities
* Provide recovery-oriented input, including groupwork, to those in lived experience roles in relation to supervision, urgent care issues and referrals.
* Assist people in lived experience roles to reflect on how to provide, create and deliver a range of peer support activities and care planning to their clients in the most effective way.
* Provide direct support to people in lived experience roles by attending joint visits for service users with more complex issues.
* Support the recruitment and induction of Peer Workers within the Eating Disorder Teams.
* Support the training and development of Peer Workers and other staff groups.
* Develop an effective and supportive infrastructure for Peer Workers to offer advice and support for the managers of the Peer Workers.
* Work in partnership with key clinicians and stakeholders to develop a robust project plan agreed by sponsors and leads.
* Resolve any enquiries regarding documentation and/or status of any project.
* Communicate with all levels regarding project progress.
* Be able to travel to settings across South London (areas covered: Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Croydon, Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley).
Qualifications and Experience
* Enthusiastic, engaging, and motivated with a commitment to personal and professional development.
* Ability to engage with people with complex mental health difficulties.
* Organised with existing experience working in mental health care.
Additional Information
Flexibility in working arrangements is available. This role involves travel across South London.
Advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
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