Peer Support Specialist, Reconnect

2 weeks ago

Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom Wakefield Council Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Peer Support Worker to join our Reconnect team. As a Peer Support Worker, you will use your lived experience and knowledge to provide information, support, and guidance to individuals experiencing similar circumstances.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work face-to-face with women, using your understanding and empathy to support their transition back into the community.
  • Support women on release from prison who have anxieties around engaging with services and help them access care and support in the community.
  • Act as a role model, utilising your own life experiences to facilitate engagement and recovery.
  • Be creative in finding support networks for clients, using your understanding of services to successfully identify the right support for the client and help them access those services.
  • Support women to identify and connect with groups, activities, and programmes that may improve their health and wellbeing.
Essential Requirements
  • Direct lived experience of the criminal justice and/or prison system.
  • An understanding of the issues faced by female prisoners being released, such as substance misuse, mental health, accommodation, etc., together with an understanding of how these issues can successfully be addressed.
  • A strong belief in the ability of people to turn their lives around.
  • A flexible approach to working is required as the post holder may be required to work weekends on a planned basis.
  • The post holder will also be required to work outside normal office hours.
  • An Enhanced DBS with barring list disclosure check prior to commencement in role.
What We Offer
  • A full-time post of 37 hours per week.
  • 28 days of Holidays plus 8 Bank Holidays.
  • Support and ongoing training.
  • Discounted and subsidised public transport.
  • The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  • A great range of benefits, including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities and many more.

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