Peer Support jobs

Peer support workers use their own lived experience of mental health challenges to build hope and help others recover. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commits to expanding peer support roles, and NHS trusts, charities and community services increasingly build lived experience into every team.

Browse peer support worker, senior peer support, peer trainer and lived experience lead roles in community mental health teams, inpatient wards, crisis services, recovery colleges, perinatal teams and charities.

What you need: personal lived experience of mental health difficulties (your own, or in some roles as a carer), and the ability to use it purposefully and safely. Most employers provide accredited peer support training. No professional registration is required.

Typical pay (NHS): usually Band 3 or Band 4, with lead roles higher. Charity pay varies.

Many adverts state that lived experience is essential, and some employers offer reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment. If a job description isn't clear, ask the recruiter.

Pay last updated: April 2026 (NHS Agenda for Change, England).