Lived Experience Support Worker

Peer support is an essential part of South East London Mind and we have Lived Experience Support Workers (LESWs) based in the Southwark Primary Care Mental Health Teams (PCMHT), assisting in a community mental health model in Southwark with a focus on integrated care. Working alongside and complementing the mental health care provided by South London and Maudsley NHS colleagues in the Multi-Disciplinary Teams, LESWs offer a strengths-based holistic approach with empathy and understanding, providing their clients with more pathways to recovery and accessing the right interventions and support based on their individual needs. They also support clients to develop and maintain independence in their local community, promoting resilience, building life skills, and a strengthened ability to cope with challenges and play a more active role in the management and sustainability of their wellbeing.

We are currently recruiting for a LESW position within the North PCMHT based at the Chaucer Resource Centre, 13 Ann Moss Way, London, SE16 2TH, with regular travel to community venues and home visits. This role involves connecting with service users based on shared experiences of mental health challenges, therefore lived experience of mental health challenges is an essential requirement for this role. Please only submit an application if this applies to you.

Experience of supporting and/or managing a vulnerable client cohort caseload within a clinical environment is also an essential requirement for this role.

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd January
Likely interview date: Monday 27th January

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About Us

SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.

SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.

Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here on our website.