Lived Experience Peer Support Worker CYP - Essex

Job Introduction

As a Lived Experience Peer Support Worker , you’ll leverage your personal journey to make a genuine impact in the lives of children and young people with Autism.

You’ll be a trusted role model, guiding children and young adults through challenges, helping them navigate resources, and connecting them with their community. Drawing from your lived experience, you’ll provide empathetic, practical, and meaningful support that fosters hope and empowers families.

This role combines teamwork, personal initiative, and community engagement to ensure every child receives the personalized care they need to thrive.

Main Responsibility

• Support Autistic children and young people in achieving their care plan goals through one-on-one or group engagements, focusing on trust and connection.
• Share your own experiences to build rapport, instill hope, and provide practical advice.
• Champion social inclusion by creating connections to community resources and opportunities.
• Collaborate with families, carers, and professionals to deliver a holistic, relational approach to care.
• Co-produce services in partnership with children, young people, and their families to meet real needs and ensure positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of your work using systems like SystmOne.
• Work flexibly, demonstrating resilience and adaptability in meeting challenges.

Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities

The Ideal Candidate

We’re seeking someone who’s ready to step up, bring their lived experience to the forefront, and make a difference through leadership and teamwork.

Essential Criteria

• Personal experience with Autism or neurodiversity and the ability to share your journey in a meaningful, impactful way.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to connect effectively with children, young people, and adults.
• Empathy, patience, and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Solid organizational and time-management skills.
• A valid driving license and access to a vehicle for work.

Desirable Criteria

• Level 3 qualification in health and social care or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting neurodivergent individuals or those with mental health needs.
• Knowledge of child development and an understanding of how trauma impacts behavior.
• A proven track record of making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people.

Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.

Package Description

Join Us as a Lived Experience Peer Support Worker – Championing Autism Support for Young People

Package Description
Step into a rewarding role with HCRG Care Group and feel valued for the unique perspective and energy you bring. As a Lived Experience Peer Support Worker – CYP Autism , you’ll receive access to an array of benefits designed to support your personal and professional growth:

• Starting salary of £23,100 with a Group Pension plan.
• Membership to My Reward Hub , offering discounts on everyday purchases, cashback deals, and special offers.
• Access your wages as you earn them to tackle unexpected emergencies without stress.
• Comprehensive support for your mental and physical well-being , from fitness challenges to post-trauma assistance, legal guidance, and career coaching.
• eLearning, personalized career pathways, and professional development opportunities through our award-winning training team, The Learning Enterprise .
• A culture that values your ideas, with over £100,000 in innovation funding available annually to support transformative initiatives.
• Pride in working for a team committed to high-quality care: the majority of our services are rated “Good” or “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK\’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We\’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website\’s privacy policy.

Attached documents

• Band 6 School Nurse Job Description.pdf