Peer Support Practitioner

5 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Turning Point Scotland Full time

Job Description 1

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**Service: Criminal Justice, Tenancy Sustainment**

**Based: Glasgow**

**Hours**:Full Time (37hrs)**

**Salary: £11.08 - £11.58 per hour, rising to £11.30 in your first year of service**

**Annual**:£21,318 - £22,285**

**Contract Permanent**

**Are you ready to work with us?**:
Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in **Criminal Justice, Tenancy Sustainment **are looking for people like you to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team. Your working pattern will be, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. However there maybe out of hours work required, depending on the needs of the service

We provide a person-centred approach that aims to assist people to develop the necessary tenancy sustainment skills to live independently in temporary accommodation and ease the transition to their own secure tenancy in the future.

The service works closely with key partners such as Criminal Justice Social Work, Police Scotland, Scottish Prison Service, Homeless Casework Teams and Addiction Services to offer specialised support to men and women often facing the most complex and challenging situations. The service is a key contributor to Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) and Care Programme Approach meetings (CPA).

To reduce the risk of repeat offending and homelessness, we support individuals to address any underlying causes of the offending behaviour such as mental health issues or problematic drug and/or alcohol use. We work in a trauma informed way to support people to build community and be active citizens within it by providing opportunities for local inclusion, education, TPS Connects, and our Citizenship approach helps people engage in meaningful activity to build confidence and resilience.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.

As a Peer Support Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

Turning Point Scotland are committed to employing people with lived experience, Click here to find out more.

Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile. Click here

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
- Benefits package 1
Turning Point Scotland have **Platinum accreditation** in **Investors in People**. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.
- Comprehensive Induction
- 123 Learning and development courses
- 29 eLearning courses
- Funded qualification - SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
- Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
- Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
- Wide range of family friendly policies
- 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.
- Additional information 1

Your working pattern will be, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. However there maybe out of hours work required, depending on the needs of the service

Driving licence preferred but not essential
- Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? 1
No
- Does the post include personal care? 1
No
- Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? 1
No
- Will the service users be involved in this process? 1
No
- Contact name & details 1
If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.

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