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Are you passionate about using your lived experience to inspire hope and recovery?

We're looking for a passionate and driven individual with personal lived experience of mental health recovery, who is ready to lead and inspire others through peer support. The ideal candidate is a confident communicator, a natural team leader, and someone who thrives in a values-led environment. You'll be skilled in facilitating groups, delivering peer-led interventions, and supporting others to use their own experiences to empower service users. Strong digital skills (Microsoft Office, Zoom, Teams) and a solid understanding of safeguarding, trauma-informed practice, and mental health risk management are essential. This role is central to the growth and transformation of our Peer Support Service across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster. As a Senior Peer Support Worker, you'll supervise a small team, co-deliver training, and help shape a service that is inclusive, recovery-focused, and rooted in lived experience. A DBS check is required for this role.

You will:

Provide structured peer support, information, and guidance to individuals across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster who are living with common and complex mental health needs, including complex emotional needs. Connect people through one-to-one peer support, groups, workshops, and community-based activities, empowering them to build confidence and take control of their recovery journey. Work closely with NHS Talking Therapies, Recovery Colleges, and other statutory and voluntary services to ensure a coordinated, person-centred approach to mental health support. Supervise and support a small team of Peer Support Workers, ensuring delivery aligns with Mind's peer values and quality standards. Engage with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and age groups, using interpreters where necessary to ensure inclusive and accessible support.

You are:

Passionate about using your own lived experience of mental health recovery to inspire and empower others. Skilled and knowledgeable in trauma-informed, recovery-focused approaches and peer-led support. An effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to build trust and connection with individuals, teams, and partners. Reflective and adaptive, with the ability to use supervision and feedback to grow in your role. Organised and confident in managing a varied workload, including supervision, service delivery, and administration. Committed to co-production, equality, and inclusive practice, with experience working across diverse communities. A collaborative team player who thrives in a values-led environment and is eager to contribute to service development and innovation. Proficient in using digital tools like Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Teams to deliver support flexibly and accessibly.

About us:

We're a leading community-based organisation dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and clinical interventions across London. Our experienced clinically led teams are focused on directly addressing a range of mental health needs in our communities. We have decades of local community knowledge and record of empowering people to live the life they choose.