NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Peer Support Co-Ordinator (Havering)
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Peer Support Co-Ordinator
We are recruiting 4 Peer Support Co-Ordinators to provide borough-wide peer support leadership across our four London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest, with a mix of full-time and part-time opportunities. Working predominantly within community and inpatient clinical teams, these roles will use lived experience and advanced peer support skills to support and mentor Peer Support Workers, strengthen integration within clinical services, contribute to training and workforce development, and provide peer-informed leadership, guidance, and support across each borough.
These are four separate vacancies, and candidates should apply separately for each borough they wish to be considered for.
Role Description
The Peer Support Co-Ordinator (Havering) provides Peer Support leadership, co-ordination, and senior peer support within our Community Mental Health services. The role bridges frontline peer support delivery and peer workforce leadership, ensuring Peer Support Workers (PSWs) are well supported, safely practicing, and effectively integrated into community services.
The post holder will use lived experience, advanced peer support skills, and developing leadership capability to:
- Support and mentor PSWs across the borough
- Act as a key link between PSWs, clinical leads, and the PSW leadership team
- Support training delivery, Peer Support Worker forums, and borough-wide events
- Provide peer-informed input into complex situations where additional lived experience expertise is required
This role does not hold formal line management responsibility but provides day-to-day professional leadership, supervision, mentoring, and support.
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Key Responsibilities Include
- Deliver peer support across community mental health services.
- Mentor, supervise, and support Peer Support Workers.
- Support PSW induction, development, and reflective practice.
- Provide peer-informed input into complex situations.
- Facilitate borough-wide PSW forums and events.
- Support peer training and workforce development.
- Strengthen integration of peer support within MDTs.
- Contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives.
- Build partnerships with community and voluntary sector organisations.
- Promote safe, ethical, and recovery-focused peer support.
Understanding Our Communities
An awareness of the diverse communities we serve, alongside a willingness to continually learn and develop cultural competence, is a key element of this role.
You will need to demonstrate the ability to build trusting relationships with patients, carers, and community partners from diverse backgrounds, working alongside communities to develop accessible, culturally relevant, and meaningful peer support.
This includes an awareness of the impact of deprivation, stigma, language barriers, and cultural expectations on access to mental health support.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients, and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They Are
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
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Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum, pro rata for part-time).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Contact Details
Faith Amasowomwan
Head of Peer Support
PeerSupport@nelft.nhs.uk
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