Administrative Assistant – Peer Support Project Team

The arts for mental health – peer support delivered creatively

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

Sound Minds is a user-led charity transforming lives through music, film and art. We are a thriving community bound together by creativity and a shared belief in mutual learning and peer support.

Our Canerows Programme delivers a ward visiting service at Springfield Hospital and community-based Peer Support.

 

Main purposes of the job:

 Sound Minds is recruiting a Peer Support Worker to join our team in Wandsworth.

 

The Peer Support Transformation Project is funded by and delivered in partnership with South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust, Mushkil Aasaan, and Wandsworth Carers Centre. It is an integral part of Sound Minds’ Canerows programme; a user led service working to improve the lives of people who are overcoming mental health challenges.

This is a new role at Sound Minds, developed to provide proactive and responsive administrative support across the Peer Support project. The role will provide efficient administration, ensuring that clients on the wait list for peer support are contacted in a timely fashion, and that databases are well maintained.

The postholder will have a passion for maintaining organised systems, whilst also having a friendly approach, communicating with clients with care and empathy.

 

Salary: £26,936 per annum(pro rata) & 3% contribution to pension

Hours: 14 hours per week

 

This fixed term contract ends on 31 March 2027 and is renewable depending on funding.

Strong IT skills are essential for this role. You will be required to have a DBS (criminal records check) and satisfactory written references before starting. xwzovoh

The full job description and application pack are available from Sound Minds’ website.

 

Closing date: 10:00am, Monday 29th June 2026

First interviews: Wednesday 8th July 2026