EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service Peer Support Worker

It is an occupational requirement for this role that the successful applicant is female.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that they can only deliver excellence to the people they serve if the people they recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the EMERGE peer support service. Touchstone provide a range of interventions for people with complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties (also referred to as “personality disorder”). The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will be embedded within the EMERGE team to support people aged 18-25. The PSW will receive training for the role, and supervision and management from Touchstone and EMERGE staff.  

Information Session: Friday 06 June 2025, at 10:00am via Microsoft Teams
To attend, please email recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: 22 June 2025
Interviews will be held on: 07 July 2025

As an employee of Touchstone, all successful applicants continually benefit from the following:

• Personal wellbeing budget
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Agile working opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff Mindful Employer helpline
• Health and wellbeing and fun organisational staff away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• A full range of staff and peer support networks
• Additional day of leave for a celebration day
• Learning and personal development opportunities
  

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from their equal opportunities policy.

Please note that Touchstone do not hold a sponsor licence and they do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.

Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted.

Touchstone reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.