Living Well Peer Support Worker

Full job description
The Role and Department:

We have an opportunity for a peer support worker to join the organisation on a permanent basis. Reporting to the project manager, the peer support worker will be responsible for supporting members of the public, empowering them to maintain and/or improve their wellbeing through the offer of peer support sessions. This will involve holding and managing a caseload, liaising with other professionals, and contributing to the multi-disciplinary approach of the Living Well concept.

What you will bring to TOG Mind:

To be considered for this role, we are looking for individuals who have experience supporting members of the public and working in partnership with other professionals. The successful candidate will have experience of risk management, an understanding of safeguarding, and a willingness to undertake any training or qualifications relevant to the role. This role is dependent on mutuality and empowerment, so Lived experience of mental health, either directly or indirectly is essential, with the successful candidate able to manage their own wellbeing and resilience a key aspect of this.

Who we are & why Tameside, Oldham and Glossop MIND:

Here at TOG Mind, we are proud to have been delivering high-quality mental health services based on the needs of local communities for over 40 years. The work we do is vital in promoting accessible services to the people that need it the most.

Our Vision is to enable everyone in our communities to achieve better mental health. Our Mission is to continue to provide the best quality local mental health services in prevention, early intervention and primary care; alongside empowering individuals and our communities to live well.

We provide mental health and wellbeing support services to some of the most vulnerable in our communities, both adults and young people. This includes early intervention and prevention mental health services, services for people in crisis, talking therapies, community wellbeing activities and mental health and wellbeing training services.

Benefits:

· We offer a dynamic, stimulating environment that embraces change and is open to new ways of working.

· We provide a real opportunity to influence meaningful change within our society and for you to contribute your expertise.

· We maintain a strong commitment to ethical standards of working within a socially inclusive environment.

· We offer ongoing training and development to all staff and volunteers, enabling you to gain continuing professional development and expertise in mental health.

· We offer a degree of flexibility around working hours, balancing work and personal commitments.

Our Values

TOG Mind is passionate about mental health and our Values are at the heart of the services we deliver:

Relationships

We listen and ask questions to understand others and to build trust.
People matter to us both inside and outside our organisation.

Potential

We encourage personal responsibility for development by discovering and realising the abilities and energies of people.

Aspiration

We support one another, clients, and communities to achieve better mental health.

Closing date: 26.08.2026
Interview date: 05.09.2026

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering opportunities to candidates with disabilities. We encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and guarantee an interview to people who meet the essential criteria for the role and have a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010. Please state in your cover letter if you have a disability and let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

Please note successful candidates will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and there is a requirement to complete a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service) upon being given a conditional offer. The type of DBS requested will be dependent on the nature of the role you are applying for

Please note due to volume of applications we receive; we are unable to provide individual feedback at shortlisting stage.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11,793.00 per year

Expected hours: 18 per week

Benefits:

Bereavement leave
Company pension
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Health & wellbeing programme
Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person