Peer Lead

4 weeks ago


Southwark, United Kingdom Certitude Full time

**Location**

Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark

**Application Deadline**

Sunday, March 10, 2024

**Salary**

£28,509 per annum (pro rata'd if part time)

**Region**

Lambeth

An exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Peer Lead for Solidarity In A Crisis (SIAC) service as we continue to grow as London’s leading adult social care provider.

**Salary**: £28,509 per annum (pro rata if part time)

Hours: 22.5 hours

**Job Type**: Permanent - Part time

Location: Brixton/Lewisham/Southwark

**Benefits**:

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform - for wellbeing and discounts)
- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase

About the role

The purpose of the Peer Lead role is to use your lived experience of mental health issues to assist in the development of opportunities for the service and the people it supports across Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

Duties will include:

- Providing line management and supervision of peer supporters working on the Crisis Line and Community Crisis Team; and promote continuous development.
- To further develop and maintain good working relationships with service users and carers, professionals and relevant external agencies.
- To co-produce and co-deliver the development of innovative initiatives for people accessing the service.
- To lead and promote a peer led culture that will enable people with lived experience of mental health.

About you

To be a Peer Lead at Certitude, the following are essential:

- Lived experience of mental health crisis/Experience as a carer of supporting someone with mental health issues.
- Experience of engaging and supporting people in crisis and experiencing mental health distress with empathy and respect.
- Knowledge of approaches to helping people cope with social isolation versus social connection and community engagement.
- Ability to facilitate, motivate and coach groups and team learning sessions.

To read more about the role and the full person specification, please click on the tab at the top of this advert, titled ‘Job Description and Person Specification’.

About the Organisation

We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.

Read more about us on our **website** and visit our **work for us** page. You can also learn about us through our **Values and Behaviours**.

Peer, Lead, Mental Health, MH, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Community Development,, Vulnerable People, Not for Profit, NFP



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