Perinatal Partner Peer Support Worker

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

Job summary

A major health and social care organization in Peterborough is seeking a Partner Peer Support Worker to join its Perinatal Mental Health Team. This role involves conducting wellness checks and supporting partners of women accessing mental health services. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and personal experience related to the perinatal period. A full UK driving license is required for travel across counties. The role offers a salary range of £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro-rata. Closing date for applications is 05/01/2026.

Qualifications

• Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role.
• Lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health challenges as a partner.
• Experience of working in a team or a public sector environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct one to one wellbeing conversations with partners.
• Support partners to self-identify their needs and signpost resources.
• Develop excellent links with local support organizations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Listening skills

Ability to share personal recovery story

Understanding of perinatal mental health

Education

NVQ 3 / AS Level or equivalent

Accredited Peer Support Worker Training

Health or Social Care qualification

Job description

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Werrington Health Centre Town Peterborough Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2026 23:59

Band 3

Job overview

Do you have personal experience of supporting your partner through the perinatal period?

Are you passionate about peer support and family wellbeing?

Do you have excellent communication and listening skills?

We are excited to offer a brand new opportunity for a Partner Peer Support Worker to join the Perinatal Mental Health Team. This post is key in our ambition to offer family focused care for women accessing the service.

Drawing on your own lived experience of supporting a loved one through the perinatal period, you will carry out wellbeing checks with Dads & Partners, helping signpost and ensure Dads & Partners feel heard and valued during this key period.

You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure Dads & Partners are included in the care pathway, and their vital role is recognised.

This post is based in the North of the county, covering Peterborough, Huntingdon, Fenland and the surrounding areas. We have another position available in the South of the county (Cambridge, Ely and the surrounding areas). Please view this advert for details.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

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• Conduct one to one wellbeing conversations with partners of women accessing the Perinatal Service.
• Develop and maintain excellent links with local organisations offering support and advice to partners.
• Support partners to self-identify their needs and help signpost to community organisations and other services.
• Be a valued and contributing member of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Advocate for the role of partners in the Perinatal period, recognising the vital role they play in family mental health and recovery.

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.

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• Establish a supportive and respectful relationship with peers and other service users.
• Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.
• Model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy and hopefulness via the telling of own recovery story to inspire and instil confidence in peers.
• Coach coping, self-help and self-management techniques within the peer relationship.
• Support service users to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenge negative self-talk.
• Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.
• Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other multi-disciplinary team members, service users and carers.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3 / AS Level or equivalent
• Completion of the Accredited Peer Support Worker Training (or completion within 6 months of employment)
• Related Health or Social Care qualification

Experience

• Lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health challenges as a partner.
• Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
• Experience of working in a team or a group environment
• Experience of working in the public sector

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Ability to share personal story of recovery in a professional manner.
• Understanding and practical knowledge of recovery.
• Understanding of the issues and concerns of women, and their families during the perinatal period
• Appreciation of the community resources within the geographical location of the post and key partners.

Other

• Must be able to independently travel to a wide range of locations across the county.

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.

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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.