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Senior Peer Support Worker

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Senior Peer Support Worker

The closing date is 13 September 2026

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Job summary

Due to service expansion, an exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an additional Senior Peer Support Worker within the Southern Gambling Service (SGS). The role is part-time at 22.5 hours. We are seeking an individual who has lived experience of gambling difficulties and recovery and is passionate about reducing stigma and shame and increasing access to gambling treatment. We recognise the value peer support brings to our service as part of integrated treatment pathways. We are a regional NHS gambling service based at College Keep in Southampton, but the role will involve predominantly remote working from home. The team meet monthly, in person, at College Keep and some mandatory training will require traveling to Trust sites in Hampshire.

The Senior Peer Support Worker will use their own personal experiences of managing mental health and recovery, to provide hope, empathy and a different practical perspective through support, dialogue and acting as a role model.

The postholder will provide day-to-day coordination, supervision and support to the Southern Gambling Service Peer Support Team, ensuring consistent, recovery-focused peer support is delivered across all localities.

Main duties of the job

use their personal experiences to promote hope and recovery in order to support others who are overcoming mental health challenges . Using peer values alongside practical assistance, they will work individually and in groups to support people to feel in control of their lives, choices and unique recovery process in line with their recovery plan.
be a key member of a small newly developing team of registered and peer support workers
work with the team to co-develop, review and when applicable co-deliver innovative evidence-based interventions.
will have supervisory responsibility of Peer Support Staff
liaise between primary, secondary and community organisations. To jointly work with stake holders to identify where consultation or training is required and coordinating or developing this.
act as a recovery champion within the team, and an ambassador for recovery for the Trust when working with external agencies and partner organisations.

be supported to continue their own personal and professional development as well as taking part in the ongoing development of peer roles in the Trust

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year Based on Full Time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

348-SSW-12316

Job locations

College Keep

4-12 Terminus Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 3DT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSEs or equivalent qualifications, or agreed equivalent experience
Knowledge of working with people
Excellent understanding of Peer Support
Commitment to undertaking continual personal development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSEs or equivalent qualifications, or agreed equivalent experience
Knowledge of working with people
Excellent understanding of Peer Support
Commitment to undertaking continual personal development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

College Keep

4-12 Terminus Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 3DT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

College Keep

4-12 Terminus Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 3DT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Charlotte Purvis

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year Based on Full Time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

348-SSW-12316

Job locations

College Keep

4-12 Terminus Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 3DT

United Kingdom

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