Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Worker (Doncaster area)
20 hours per week (part time)
Salary range (£12698 – £13,655)
Fixed term to 31 March 2026
Are you a parent?
Do you understand the emotional and mental health challenges during pregnancy or after the birth of a baby?
Have you personally experienced mental health and emotional challenges?
Do you want to use your experience to help others?
Are you able to connect with people and quickly establish rapport?
Do you live in the Doncaster/Rotherham area
If this is you, this role may be just for you!
You’ll join a growing charity and a team committed to supporting women and families experiencing perinatal mental health challenges to enable recovery.
About Light Peer Support
Light is a perinatal mental health peer support charity, set up in 2010, which has grown to support parents and their families across South Yorkshire. We’re led by our passion to support mental health during pregnancy and beyond for all families from all communities.
We work across South Yorkshire with families who are experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. Working in partnership across the statutory and voluntary sector to raise awareness of perinatal mental health difficulties and the support available.
We’re committed to providing services that embrace diversity to support equity in service access and promote equality of opportunity.
Since 2019 we’ve been providing perinatal mental health peer support services across South Yorkshire in partnership with local NHS Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services. In this role you will work with both Doncaster and Rotherham Specialist teams.
Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Peer Support Worker role
As a Peer Support Worker you will provide Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support to women and families who have self-referred or have been referred to Light. This will involve the delivery of group support and the offer of structured 1-1 support, responsive to the needs of service users. You’ll be comfortable raising awareness of Light’s services with professional groups and reaching out into communities to promote locality based peer support. You will be based at home, working from home and also agreed locations in Doncaster and Rotherham with occasional travel to our Sheffield hub.
We’re committed to staff well-being and development. You will be supported in your role by Light’s leadership team and a passionate team of Peer Support Workers working across South Yorkshire.
Equality at Light
Light is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all that we do and we welcome applications from people from all communities particularly under-represented groups. We’re aiming for a workforce that is truly representative of the communities we serve.
We’re a family friendly employer and open to discussion on flexible working subject to service needs.
How to apply
To find about more about this exciting opportunity and to apply, please download the below documents:
Job description/person specification and application form
JD Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Worker
Application Form PNMH Peer Support Worker Doncaster
Completed forms to be submitted to
recruitment@lightpeersupport.org.uk
Closing date:
9am Tuesday 22nd April 2025
If you would like to discuss this post further please text/call
Sarah Lee
Peer Support Co-ordinator
Telephone 07523 242212
All appointments are subject to a DBS check.
Applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK.