Senior Peer Facilitator

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Senior Peer Facilitator

The closing date is 17 November 2025

At LSCft we are developing our Peer Workforce to strengthen our lived experience expertise in our delivery of person centred care. We're serious about enabling career opportunities for our Peer Workforce by recruiting to a Senior Peer Facilitator who will join our recovery-focused Community Roots service on a 30-hour permanent contract. Due to the success of Peer roles across our in-patient services, we are now looking to recruit a Senior Peer Facilitator to be based in Bay locality

The role of the Senior Peer Facilitator has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and experience of personally accessing inpatient mental health services or secondary care community mental health services. Senior Peer Facilitators will have experience of providing peer support to mental health service users.

Main duties of the job

This important role will help us to develop a supportive peer network across The Bay locality by enhancing the recruitment, training and mentorship of Peer Facilitators across in-patient services. You will play a key role in developing Trust wide understanding of the role of Peers in achieving excellent person centred care, as well as promoting recovery principles and education through the Community Roots.

If you have experience of working as a peer and are looking to develop your skills further whilst championing the importance of lived experience, we would love to receive an application from you to join our innovative Community Roots team.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Good level of secondary education in Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent level
• Level 3 Peer Worker Apprenticeship or relative qualification Or Commitment to work towards Level 3 Peer Worker Apprenticeship

Knowledge

• Lived experience of mental health illness and experience of accessing secondary care services.
• Wide range of life experiences to bring an enabling and positive view of opportunities for others
• Understanding of the issues and concerns of mental health service users

Experience

• Experience of working in a mental health peer support/ facilitation role
• Ability to maintain boundaries and form a positive therapeutic relationship with service users and carers
• Experience of liaising with other agencies and partners

Skills

• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Able to work using a non-judgmental manner
• Adaptable to change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum, pro rata