Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 110-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Under the Freedom of Information Act we would like to request the following information:
1. How many peer workers/peer mentors or similar roles does your Trust employ?
Our response:
21
You asked:
2. How many senior peer worker/peer supervisor/peer development worker or similar roles does
your Trust employ?
Our response:
We have a Lead Peer Support Worker at the Health and Wellbeing College which could also be considered as a Senior Peer Support Worker.
We also have four other lived experience staff who could be considered senior. Three more band 4 posts are currently in recruitment.
You asked:
3. What band(s) are your senior peer worker (or similarly titled) roles?
Our response:
Bands 4 and 5
You asked:
4. Can you provide a job description for these roles?
Our response:
Please see the link below:
Lead Peer Support Worker JD, PS
You asked:
5. Who supervises the senior peer workers in your Trust
Our response:
Health and Wellbeing College Clinician / Deputy (Mental Health Nurse). Band 4s are supervised within their own teams by different clinicians.
You asked:
6. Does your Trust employ a lived experience lead/peer support lead?
Our response:
Currently about to go out for advert
You asked:
7. If so, what band(s) are they recruited to?
Our response:
Band 7
You asked:
8. Can you provide a job description for your peer support lead (or similarly titled) role(s)?
Our response:
Please see the link below:
Lived Experience Workforce Lead JD, PS
You asked:
9. Did you receive any allocations via the NHSE Mental Health Programme grant funding over the
last 4 years?
Our response:
Yes, only for training purposes
You asked:
10. How many peer workers and peer supervisors (or similarly titled roles) have you trained through
the NHSE training grant funding route?
Our response:
15 approximately
You asked:
11. How did the grant money help your organisation
Our response:
The grant money has been used for training purposes
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.