Location: South Gloucestershire-based with travel across Bristol and North Somerset (BNSSG)
Work Type: Field-Based
Hours: 35 per week
Salary Band: Senior Support
Contract: Permanent
About the Role
As a Peer Group Facilitator & Support Worker, you will draw upon your lived experience of recovery from Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) or personality disorder to support others. You’ll facilitate peer group sessions, inspire hope, and provide person-centred, trauma-informed support.
You will work within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, community-based support through psychoeducational and therapeutic group sessions, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT), in partnership with Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP).
This field-based role involves working from home, community venues, and NHS locations across BNSSG. You will receive necessary IT equipment and travel expenses.
About Sequoia
Sequoia is a support service co-produced with experts by experience to help adults with CEN or personality disorder achieve improved mental health, build coping skills, and reconnect with their communities. Services include in-person and virtual sessions designed to provide accessible, high-quality support.
Key Responsibilities
* Facilitate peer support and group sessions across BNSSG.
* Share your recovery journey to inspire and guide others.
* Collaborate with professionals and peers to deliver person-centred support.
* Record activities accurately using digital tools (Hive/RiO).
* Participate in team meetings, reflective practice, and co-production activities.
* Ensure safeguarding, equality, and accessibility in all services provided.
What You’ll Bring
* Lived experience of CEN or personality disorder recovery.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches and best practices in mental health support.
* Ability to manage your workload effectively and prioritize tasks.
* Flexibility to travel across BNSSG.
* Experience in group facilitation and working with people in crisis.
* Understanding of safeguarding and health & safety practices.
* Knowledge of using digital tools for record-keeping.
Our Values
We’re passionate, open, and committed to improving lives for those affected by mental illness. Our CARES framework underpins everything we do: Connect, Accountable, Respect, Evolve, Success.
* Ongoing professional development and training.
* National peer support networks and buddy systems.
* Flexible working opportunities.
*Appointments will be at the minimum of the band.
*Given the nature of this role, which involves frequent travel to various locations and timely meetings, a clean driver’s license is essential.
Please see further details on our website. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn to learn more about our work.
Caring for our people
We offer a wide range of support and benefits, including:
* PULSE: Our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform offering discounts, cashback, reloadable cards, and nomination opportunities.
* Wagestream: Instant access to up to 50% of your pay, plus tools and tips for financial wellbeing.
* Wellbeing support: Access to physical, emotional, and mental health support, including BUPA Employee Assistance Programme.
* Flexible working: Manage your own schedule, with generous leave (starting at 25 days plus bank holidays and your birthday off), and options to buy/sell leave.
* Pension scheme: Contributory pension plan.
* Structured induction: Supportive onboarding process.
* Referral bonus: Up to £300 for referring a friend or family member.
Who are we?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity supporting people with mental health issues through various services, campaigns, and policy work, aiming for "A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness."
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including those with lived experience, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and from BAME communities.
If you have questions about the position, please contact us.
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