Peer Group Facilitator & Support Worker Location: South Gloucestershire-based with travel across Bristol and North Somerset (BNSSG)Work Type: Field-BasedHours: 35 per weekSalary Band: Senior SupportContract: Permanent About the RoleAs a Peer Group Facilitator & Support Worker, you will draw upon your lived experience of recovery from Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) or personality disorder to support others. You’ll facilitate peer group sessions, inspire hope, and provide person-centred, trauma-informed support. You will work within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, community-based support through psychoeducational and therapeutic group sessions, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT), in partnership with Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP). This field-based role involves working from home, community venues, and NHS locations across BNSSG. You will receive necessary IT equipment and travel expenses. About SequoiaSequoia is a support service co-produced with experts by experience to help adults with CEN or personality disorder achieve improved mental health, build coping skills, and reconnect with their communities. Services include in-person and virtual sessions designed to provide accessible, high-quality support. Key Responsibilities Facilitate peer support and group sessions across BNSSG. Share your recovery journey to inspire and guide others. Collaborate with professionals and peers to deliver person-centred support. Record activities accurately using digital tools (Hive/RiO). Participate in team meetings, reflective practice, and co-production activities. Ensure safeguarding, equality, and accessibility in all services provided. What You’ll Bring Lived experience of CEN or personality disorder recovery. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches and best practices in mental health support. Ability to manage your workload effectively and prioritize tasks. Flexibility to travel across BNSSG. Desirable Skills Experience in group facilitation and working with people in crisis. Understanding of safeguarding and health & safety practices. Knowledge of using digital tools for record-keeping. Our ValuesWe’re passionate, open, and committed to improving lives for those affected by mental illness. Our CARES framework underpins everything we do: Connect, Accountable, Respect, Evolve, Success. Benefits Ongoing professional development and training. National peer support networks and buddy systems. Flexible working opportunities. Appointments will be at the minimum of the band. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Given the nature of this role, which involves frequent travel to various locations and timely meetings, a clean drivers licence is essential. Please see further details on our website You can also follow us on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram and LinkedIn to find out more about the work we do[SB1] Caring for our people. We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include: PULSE: our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards. Wagestream: gives you instant access to up to 50% of your pay. Also provides a library of expert tools, tips and articles plus, helps you start building a rainy-day pot straight from your salary. Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments. Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave. Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme. Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way. £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member. Who are we? We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.” It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement. We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. 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