Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site 53 Thorpe Road
Town Peterborough
Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 13/10/2025 23:59
Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker
Band 3
Job overview
We have an amazing opportunity for a peer support worker who has had lived experience of being through the criminal justice system to come and join the Liaison and Diversion Service in Cambridgeshire.
As a Liaison and Diversion Peer Support Worker, you will be able to make a positive impact on people\'s lives through sharing the wisdom from your own lived experience. You will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. Within a relationship of mutuality, you will facilitate and support information sharing to promote choice, opportunities and connection to local communities.
Main duties of the job
Work in the community on a 1:1 basis to provide formalised peer support to all age service users with a range of vulnerabilities who went through the criminal justice system. This is usually in police/courts/probation or a community venue but may occasionally be online/via phone depending on the peers needs.
Work towards recovery focussed goals within a time frame of up to 6-8 weeks. This may include supporting access to community groups/support services based on bespoke needs and networks that enable peers to participate in community activities in order to maximise opportunities for 01living well01 and promote social inclusion with the goal of minimizing future contact with criminal justice system.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children\'s, adult and older people\'s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. Work in the community on a 1:1 basis to provide formalised peer support to all age service users with a range of vulnerabilities who went through the criminal justice system. This is usually in police/courts/probation or a community venue but may occasionally be online/via phone depending on the peers needs.
2. Work towards recovery focussed goals within a time frame of up to 6-8 weeks. This may include supporting access to community groups/support services based on bespoke needs and networks that enable peers to participate in community activities in order to maximise opportunities for living well and promote social inclusion with the goal of minimizing future contact with criminal justice system.
3. Effectively manage your own diary and travel time to support seeing a minimum of 3 peers a day (approximately).
4. Contribute to the wider overall care of your peer by writing recovery focussed notes on NHS systems and seeking regular feedback via service set outcome measurements.
5. Assist peers in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or similar life plan\u001b.
6. Support peers to overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenging negative self-talk and refocussing on the unique strengths your peer has.
7. Value, respect and promote the personal, social, cultural and spiritual uniqueness each peer has.
8. Contribute in a recovery focussed way to monthly Clinical Governance meetings
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Good level of GCSE education (inc. English)
* Completion of Peer Support Worker Training or commitment to complete within 3-6 months of employment
* Completion of own Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) or similar or commitment to complete within 3-6 months of employment
* Related Health or Social Care qualification
Experience
* Lived experience of being through criminal justice system (police, court, prison, probation, Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR))
* Lived experience of range of vulnerabilities.
* Experience of working in a team or a group environment
* Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques
* Lived experience of Liaison and Diversion Service or Mental Health Treatment requirement (MHTR)
Skills & Abilities
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* IT literacy using Microsoft Office
* Willingness to support people with a range of needs to meet their recovery goals
* Ability to maintain a healthy home/work life balance
Physical Requirements
* Respectful and compassionate
* Patient and non-judgemental approach
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a Red List country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Sam Craft
Job title Team Manager
Email address sam.craft@cpft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 01733 317560
Additional information
Viktorija.bogac-Salahi@cpft.nhs.uk - Clinical Nurse Specialist
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