Solent Mind
Peer Support Team Leader Southampton CMHT
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Service: Southampton Community Mental Health Team
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £23,967 to £27,120 (£29,560 to £33,448 full time equivalent) per annum - Solent Mind band D
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Southampton
Interview date: week commencing 17 August 2026
Closing Date: Monday 03 August 2026 (11.59pm)
About the role
The Peer Support Team Leader will lead day-to-day delivery of the Southampton CMHT Peer Support Service, supporting adults experiencing mental distress across the city. The role ensures safe, effective, person-centred peer support aligned to the service specification, enabling effective interventions, and supporting seamless pathways between NHS services and community provision.
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The postholder will use their own lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery to model hope, empowerment and wellbeing. They will provide leadership, supervision, operational oversight, and quality assurance for the workforce of Peer Workers, volunteers, and student placements.
About you
You will need experience of supervising staff, volunteers or students; as well as experience in providing support to people experiencing mental health issues.
You will need to have a strong understanding of mental health, recovery, and peer support principles as well as trauma informed practices.
You will need knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessment procedures.
You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to analyse data, monitor caseloads and meet KPIs
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About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.
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