Peer Mentor

**Job Purpose**
- To promote and recruit suitable participants to the Peer Mentoring Service
- To support those suitable participants into education, training, volunteering or work
- To work alongside a team of Peer Mentors to achieve targets for the wider region
- To support the Lead Peer Mentor in efforts to achieve targets

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Source potential participants through referral routes
- Provide support and guidance to all participants being referred onto the project
- Source training and employment opportunities for a caseload of participants
- Utilise any other tools and techniques such as brief interventions and Adult Directions in assisting participants achieve their goals and objectives for the Peer Mentoring Scheme
- Manage a caseload Volunteers to help achieve project targets
- Deliver group activities
- Provide ongoing support services to participants leaving the project
- Record all activities in compliance with both organisational and European Social Fund regulations. This would include client registration forms, timesheets and any other outcome monitoring required of the Scheme.
- To work alongside mental health peer mentors and other partners within the service
- Provide group and training activities to participants in developing employability skills and community wellbeing

**Client Work**
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively high complex and sensitive information, taking into account sensory and cultural barriers to communication
- To refer clients to other services within the partnership, and other external agencies as appropriate
- To undertake and manage own participant and volunteer caseload
- To be accountable for own decision and actions in consultation with supervision
- To undertake clinical administrative tasks and reports relating to mentoring project when necessary

**Policy and Service Development**
- To adhere to agreed Health and Safety and Security procedures/policies
- To identify and contribute towards any aspects of the peer mentoring service where improvement can be made and to advise service and managers accordingly
- To assist with the delivery of peer mentoring training

**Professional**
- To participate in the continuous learning, development and appraisal process
- To operate within and observe partnership policies and procedures as amended and updated
- To make regular use of supervision
- To be responsible for working within own level of competence
- To undertake internal and external training as appropriate, and as required as part of Continuous Professional Development
- To develop and maintain professional working relationships with external agencies

The post holder will have responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults/children (as appropriate) where the employee has responsibility or contact with the vulnerable person.

Alongside this you will need to provide evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination status; we strongly advise that both vaccinations, plus any booster vaccinations are received (unless you have reasonable grounds, e.g. you are medically exempt)

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £23,409.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person