Recovery College Peer Tutor

Recovery College provides educational courses and workshops, with a focus on personal recovery to anyone in Norfolk and Suffolk over the age of 16 who are experiencing mental health challenges. The courses and workshops are designed to support people to learn skills and strategies to empower them on their recovery journey.

All our courses are co-produced and co-delivered by people with lived and learnt experience of mental health difficulties.

We are excited to be recruiting for several part-time Peer Tutor roles. You will be an integral and highly valued member of our team.

Are you passionate about personal recovery?

Would you like a job with daily opportunities to support meaningful change?

Do you want the opportunity to work in partnership with people who use our services?

As a Peer tutor, you will act as a role model by sharing your lived experience of recovery to inspire hope, motivate and support others in their recovery journey. You will assist service users, staff and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College.

You will also have the opportunity to support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.
- To co-facilitate delivery of courses and workshops within the recovery college by using personal lived experiences.
- To participate in and contribute to the co-review of courses including lesson plans, schemes of work and course resources, to support the quality and relevance of the teaching and learning in line with college principles.
- To support the process of quality assurance for new workshops/courses and be part of the quality panel.
- To supporting students to complete Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), either individually or in small groups.
- To provide information, advice and guidance about the student pathway, journey through college, plans for the next steps and graduation.
- Assist the college with local enrolment weeks, supporting students to complete registrations forms, ILPs and evaluations.
- To attend promotional events and open days as required.
- Participate in Peer Support Worker training as required.
- To provide individual student support, if necessary, as identified by the individual student.
- Supporting the on-going development and recruitment of recovery college ambassadors (volunteers).
- To support and contribute as required to any service development, reviews, reports, evaluation as directed by the college manager in line with broader service development and strategic plans of the college or recovery project.

The Recovery College is a very small team covering a wide area. The College supports thousands of students and prides itself on professionalism and customer service. The successful applicant will be entering a friendly and welcoming team.

Peer tutors will show empathy, share experiences, inspire hope, and promote recovery, with the aim of assisting/supporting service users, staff and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College.

Peer tutors will support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.

Peer tutors will uphold the recovery focused culture and philosophy of the college in all interactions and tasks with students, the college team, wider colleagues internal to the trust and external partners, family, friend, members of the public and visitors to the college.
- Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information.