Peer Support Worker (Crawley)

Peer Support Worker (Crawley)

Location: Staying Well, Whitworth Road
Working Hours: 23 hours
Salary: £24,243 - £28,930 (pro-rata)

Make a real difference in your community

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier and more independent lives?

Join Waythrough, one of the UK’s leading mental health and social support charities, and make a lasting impact every day.

We support over 125,000 people each year through our 200 services, empowering individuals to overcome challenges around mental health, housing, and substance use.

About the Role
We are currently recruiting a Peer Support Worker to join our team at Stay Well in Crawley.
 

As a Peer Support Worker, you will play a key role in delivering both intensive and low-level peer support, helping people navigate challenging periods in their lives. By sharing your own lived experience, you will support individuals to identify their strengths, develop coping skills, and work towards improved wellbeing.

What You’ll Do

• Provide one-to-one and group peer support

• Work collaboratively with support staff, mental health nurses, and people using the service

• Help develop and shape an inclusive, effective peer support service

• Contribute to policies, procedures, and guidance that underpin peer support delivery

• Promote the service to stakeholders and support training initiatives

• Work within agreed budgets and ensure services operate in line with compliance requirements

To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:

• Lived experience of mental health difficulties and recovery

• A good understanding of recovery, personalisation, and how mental health services operate

• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team

• Strong organisational skills, self-motivation, and the ability to manage your own wellbeing

• Good problem-solving and decision-making skills

Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band. 

About Waythrough 

Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England. 

Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.

Make a real difference in your community 

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change. 

What We Offer

We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:

• 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)

• Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%

• Life assurance (3× annual salary)

• Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay

• Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave

• Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications

• 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme

• Recognition and long service awards via our Way to Go and Aspirations portals

• £500 Recommend a Friend bonus

• Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership

• Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good

• Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year

Inclusion and accessibility 

Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support. 

We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme  - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.

If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: [email protected] 

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