Organisations that hire people with lived experience across mental health, criminal justice and youth sectors
The professional medical body responsible for supporting psychiatrists throughout their careers, setting and raising standards of psychiatry in the UK, and working to secure the best outcomes for people with mental illness, learning difficulties and developmental disorders.
Course providers often connected with psychiatric hospitals, offering courses based on lived experience of mental health and training people to become peer trainers who deliver their own courses.
Some universities hire people with lived experience as visiting lecturers to teach students and deliver workshops, including King's College London and the University of Birmingham. Criminology, forensic psychology and social work departments are particularly worth approaching directly.
Prisons hire peer support workers and other roles to help with rehabilitation.
Mental health community teams support people with mental health problems living in the community and often hire peer support workers. There are many local teams whose sites can be searched directly.
The NHS offers a wide variety of roles for people with lived experience, particularly in learning disabilities and mental health.