Peer Supporter

Transformationunitgm; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Morpeth is seeking a Peer Supporter for its Mother and Baby Unit. This role is pivotal in providing support to women experiencing perinatal mental illness, leveraging personal experiences for empathy and guidance. Successful candidates will join a multidisciplinary team, help empower service users, and facilitate crucial dialogue about care. Training in peer support is a must, and the job offers significant opportunities for personal development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Lease cars

Childcare schemes

Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

• Support and engage service users and their families.
• Empower women to have their voices heard in their own care.
• Help staff understand the challenges that perinatal illness can bring.

Skills

Good interpersonal and team-working skills

Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner

Understanding of personal values and beliefs

Education

Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training

Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training

Completion of WRAP Educator training

Good level of secondary education

Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme

Job description

Employer Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Georges Park Hospital Town Morpeth Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pro rota per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2026 23:59

Band 3

Hello!

We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).

We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.

Opportunities for you

Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.

We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.

• Cultural diversity staff network
• Disabled staff network
• LGBT+ staff network

We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:

• Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Network
• Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
• Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group

We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.

Always improving

CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust’s (CNTW). The role will be for a Peer Supporter for the Mother and Baby Unit (Beadnell Ward) at St Georges Park Hospital in Morpeth.

The Mother and Baby Unit is a six bedded inpatient specialist perinatal ward, for women suffering with perinatal illness.

The Peer Supporter role is a valuable part of the multi-disciplinary support that the ward provides women and their families.

The role is aimed at someone who has experienced perinatal mental illness and sought support for this.

You will use your knowledge and direct lived experience of having perinatal mental illness, and be able to share this to provide support for the women who are admitted onto the ward and their families.

Main duties of the job

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a specialist multi-disciplinary clinical team, utilising your personal experience to:

· Support and engage service users and their families.

· Support women to access various support organisations.

· Facilitate groups for the women and their babies.

· Empower women to have their voices heard in their own care.

· Help staff to understand the challenges that perinatal illness can bring.

This will be a challenging, but rewarding role. The post holder must have the ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding, and they must be able to work as part of a team. They must be confident in working and communicating with people.

As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all of our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain their own wellbeing throughout this role.

What we mean by Lived Experience

Lived experience is when you have experienced something yourself through this experience you develop an understanding of what its like to live through unique experiences and develop resilience that supports your wellbeing.

As a Peer Supporter you will use these first‑hand experiences of living through personal challenges to offer insight, relate to and offer support to other people who are now facing similar challenges to the ones you have faced.

Working for our organisation

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re‑Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

As an employee of CNTW, the wellbeing of all our staff is vitally important. The post holder will have several avenues of support but should also feel confident in their own personal skills and abilities to draw upon their own resilience and strengths to sustain their own wellbeing throughout this role.

The post will also involve contributing to the continuing development of the Peer Supporter role and linking in with Third sector and/or recovery colleges.

For anyone who is interested in applying, we will hold an open day at St George's Park. You are welcome to come along to meet with Beadnell staff and involvement team staff. This will take place on 9th February between 1pm and 3pm.

The location of the service is:

Beadnell Mother and Baby Unit

St George's Park

Morpeth

NE61 2NU

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on Peer Support please refer to the information or contact the ward on 01670 501869

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 22 nd January 2026

Closing date : 5 th February 2026

We welcome your application.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Good level of secondary education
• Commitment to complete the CNTW Peer Supporter Educational Programme
• Completion of Peer Support Specialist Training or other similar peer support training
• Completion of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) training
• Completion of WRAP Educator training

Knowledge and Experience

• Personal lived experience of secondary mental health services and own recovery journey.

Skills and Competencies

• Understanding of personal values and beliefs
• Good interpersonal and team‑working skills
• Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner

Additional Requirements

• Ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

Please ensure to check out all of the supporting documents linked to this advert, for useful information about working for us, information from our Chief Executive and much more.

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.