Peer Mentor

6 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom The Growth Company Full time

The Growth Company have an exciting new opportunity for a Peer Mentor Mentor with first-hand ‘lived experience’ of drink or drug misuse who will deliver a range of guidance and training services for people with substance misuse issues, contribute to individuals’ progression in recovery training and employment via the nurturing of a supportive, open, and professional mentor relationship.

We help to make a lasting difference in the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and key workers work with a range of individuals, from people who have found themselves recently out of work to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health and debt.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Within a team, coordinate and deliver advice, guidance and training interventions that meet the needs of individual people with substance misuse issues.
- Operate referral and liaison procedures with Jobcentre Plus and other agencies as required.
- Nurture a professional, open, honest and supportive relationship with the customer.
- Support peoples’ achievement of skills and support their progression into or out of formal treatment support, training education and, where appropriate, employment.
- Contribute to making contact and establishing relationships with new customers and assist them in understanding the potential benefits of support services.
- Identify individual needs inclusive of learning needs.
- Deliver interventions for each client, face-to-face and digital.
- Record discussions and training sessions and coordinate further activities with customers.
- Provide support for the customer in implementing future courses of action.
- Deliver further interventions with customers as required, assisting them to decide on options for meeting their needs and providing support for customers in planning a course of action.
- Help prepare and develop resources to support progression and learning.
- Facilitate learning in groups that improve employability and progression through presentations and activities.
- Marketing, networking, and promotion of service to partner organisations and customers and managing relationships with colleagues and customers.
- Carry out associated administration work, including timely recording and input of information into a client recording system.

**About you**:

- Experience with drug/alcohol issues treatment and support service.
- Knowledge in relation to the issues affecting people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
- Good knowledge of welfare to work and Jobcentre Plus.
- A warm, approachable, empathetic style and the ability to establish a rapport and build relationships with customers in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction.
- Local treatment and health providers, Support agencies and community resources/venues.

**Essential Requirements**:

- A level of insight and understanding of substance misuse including an element of ‘lived experience’ (which can include extended family and loved ones and not limited to exclusively individual first-hand personal experience).
- A desire to contribute to the continued improvement of services supporting people with drug or alcohol issues. Seeking to change lives for the better.
- Motivated and keen with good communication skills.
- Willing and able to read key documents/reports.
- Ability to work well with others - personable and professional.
- Ability to network and promote the organisation.
- Emotional resilient.

**Please note that shortlisting won’t take place until after the closing date, as interviews are scheduled for the 29th & 30th November.**

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

**Salary**: Up to £24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid volunteer time
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Liverpool: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 3861

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