Peer Support Worker

Employer: The Hillcrest Group

Position:Peer Support Worker

Salary:£13.45 per hour plus company benefits 

Job Types:Permanent, Part-time,

Work location: Angus 

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Hillcrest Futures is recruiting for two Peer Support Workers

16 and 19 hours are available

Interviews for these positions will be held week commencing 25th May 2026

About the Service

The Angus Mental Health Peer Support service provides peer support around mental health and wellbeing.

Peer support is defined as the help and support that people with lived experience of poor mental health and wellbeing can provide for others struggling to manage their own mental health and wellbeing, built on shared personal experience and empathy.

Peer support can be social, emotional or practical support. Peer support focuses on an individual’s strengths and works towards the individual’s wellbeing and recovery. Peer supporters can offer a safe space for people to discuss their own mental health and wellbeing as well as provide strategies and tools to support others to manage their mental health and wellbeing.

The service is aimed at people with less complex mental health and well-being challenges. Peer support is there to bridge a link between patients and health professional and encourage individuals to seek out clinical and community resources when it is appropriate.

About the Role

A team of Peer Support Workers a Senior and Service Manager work out of GP Practices in the North Locality in Angus (Forfar, Kirriemuir, Edzell, Brechin and Montrose).

Peer Support Workers will be expected to work alongside GPs, Nurses and other practice staff to promote the service to people registered within the practice.

The Peer Worker role will start by assessing an individual’s mental health and wellbeing. Peer Workers will then support prevention and self-management by providing self-management tools and strategies, signposting to supports in the local community and referring on to other agencies where required.

Peer Support Workers will offer a brief intervention and will provide support to adults, young people and carers to understand their difficulties, self-manage and future plan.

About You

You will have lived experience of personal challenges with Mental Health and recovery. An understanding on how to promote emotional/mental wellbeing. Be able to share appropriate parts of your own story when required to guide and motivate others. Have good understanding of your own wellbeing needs and have support in place to manage this if required. Good verbal, written, communication and IT skills are necessary for this role as well as a willingness to undertake training and an SVQ qualification.

About the Benefits

• 32 days minimum annual leave (based on full time hours)
• Option to buy or sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)
• Family Friendly Policies
• Death in Service (three times annual salary or a minimum of £10,000)
• Defined contribution pension scheme available – contributions = 5% Employee and 4% Employer
• Home and Tech Scheme: Spread the cost through salary sacrifice and save up to 8% on thousands of home and tech products at John Lewis, IKEA and Currys (subject to eligibility)
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Spread the cost through salary sacrifice and save up to 47% on bikes and accessories (up to £2,000) (subject to eligibility)
• Enhanced Health Care Package including:
  • £50 towards chiropody and podiatry
  • £60 towards dental care
  • £75 towards the costs of eye related care
  • £150 towards Practitioner fees, including physiotherapy
  • £200 Birth and Adoption grant (subject to eligibility)
  • £200 towards specialist consultations and investigations
• Unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP appointments via Aviva Smart Health
• Access to Perkbox: providing a wide range of deals and discounts including Argos, IKEA and many more

Sponsorship

Please note that Hillcrest Futures do not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications at present.

Hillcrest are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the people we support. All roles are subject to thorough pre-employment checks including references, and a Disclosure Scotland check or PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) check to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those we support. All employees are expected to uphold our values and adhere to safeguarding policies and standards throughout their work.

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