Dads’/Partners’ Peer Support Worker


Company:	Acacia Family Support
Salary:	£25,363 - £26,419
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham
Working pattern:	Field-based
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	4 Aug 2026
Closing date:	2 Sept 2026

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Summary

Acacia Family Support has recently been awarded new 12-month funding through the Department for Education’s Best Start in Life/Family Hubs programme to expand our dads and partners service across Birmingham. Therefore, we are pleased to share details of a new Dads’/Partners’ Peer Support Worker role opportunity:

Role: Dads’/Partners’ Peer Support Worker

Location: Birmingham wide / Hybrid working

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (with some occasional evening and weekend work)

Salary: £25,363 – £26,419 per annum, subject to experience

Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months

Benefits: Flexible working, 36 days leave (including bank/public holidays), 5% matched pension contribution, ongoing support and supervision sessions

Reports to: Operations Director

Please note: To allow Acacia to provide specialist, relatable peer support, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for this role to be filled by a male, who is a dad or partner and has relevant lived experience of perinatal mental health and/or other mental health difficulties.

What will the role involve?

The Dads’/Partners’ Peer Support Worker will play an important role in helping us reach and support more fathers and partners across Birmingham. The role will be community-based and will involve regular travel across the city, working closely with Family Hubs, community organisations and other local partners.

A key part of the role will be establishing and facilitating dads’ stay-and-play groups across Birmingham’s Family Hub areas. These groups will provide opportunities for dads to spend quality time with their children, meet other fathers, build supportive relationships and access support in a welcoming and informal environment.

The postholder will also provide one-to-one peer support, drawing appropriately on their own lived experience to build trust, offer encouragement and help fathers and partners feel less alone. They will support individuals to access relevant mental health, wellbeing, family and community services where needed.

The role will also help to raise awareness of fathers’ and partners’ perinatal mental health through community events, online resources and social media. Working alongside Family Hubs and other local services, the postholder will help dads and partners develop coping strategies, strengthen their support networks and feel more confident about moving forward.

Travel expenses incurred as part of the role will be reimbursed in line with Acacia’s Expenses Policy. Due to the post requiring regular travel across Birmingham, the applicant should ideally have access to a car for work purposes.

Please note the role will be subject to criminal record, right to work and reference checks.

Interested in applying?

If you are interested in being considered for the role, please read the attached job pack on our website: https://www.acacia.org.uk/news/Dads-Partners-Peer-Support-Worker-Vacancy

Please complete the attached application form, explaining how you meet the points in the person specification. Your application should outline your relevant skills and experience, along with the qualities you feel you would bring to the role.

Please return completed application forms to hr@acacia.org.uk by Sunday 06 September 2026.

If you have any specific questions or would like to talk through any aspect of the role, please contact the recruiting manager for further information: rob@acacia.org.uk

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