Job summary
We are excited to be recruiting a Peer Support Worker (18 hours per week) to join the Lyndon Resource Centre Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) on a permanent basis.
The Peer Support Worker (PSW) role is designed specifically for individuals who have personal, lived experience of navigating mental health challenges and accessing mental health services. PSWs use this unique perspective to build meaningful, empathetic relationships with people who are facing similar experiences. Through the thoughtful sharing of their own recovery journey, they inspire hope, promote self-belief, and demonstrate that recovery is possible.
Working as part of the Lyndon Resource Centre CMHT multidisciplinary team, the PSW will provide one-to-one and group-based peer support, helping people identify their strengths, work towards their recovery goals, and build confidence in managing their wellbeing. They will support individuals to navigate mental health services, access community resources, and develop meaningful connections that promote independence, recovery and social inclusion.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference by bringing lived experience into everyday mental health care. As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, the successful applicant will help embed recovery-focused practice, strengthen engagement, and ensure the voice of lived experience remains at the heart of the support we provide.
Main duties of the job
As a Peer Support Worker, you will use your lived experience of mental health challenges to build trusting, supportive relationships with people accessing the Lyndon Resource Centre Community Mental Health Team. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will promote recovery, hope, empowerment and meaningful engagement.
You will support people navigating secondary mental health services, helping them to identify their strengths, build confidence and develop the skills needed to live well and independently. Through one-to-one and group-based peer support, you will offer emotional support, encourage self-advocacy, and work alongside individuals to achieve the goals that matter most to them.
You will help people access community resources, reduce social isolation, and strengthen connections that support recovery and wellbeing. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will contribute a lived experience perspective to care planning and service delivery, helping to ensure support is person-centred, recovery-focused and responsive to individual needs.
As a valued member of the team, you will contribute to a trauma-informed, inclusive culture, using your lived experience to promote hope, challenge stigma, and help shape compassionate, recovery-oriented care.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Details
Date posted
15 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476 a year
per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time,
Flexible working,
Home or remote working
Reference number
436-8198971
Job locations
Lyndon Resource Centre Hobs Moat Solihull
Hobs Moat
Solihull
B92 8PG
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
