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**Job Title**: Peer Advocate (entry level role)
**Salary**: £23,400 per annum
**Contract Type**: Fixed Term for 24 months
**Working Hours**: 37.5 hrs per week
**Location**: Central Bedfordshire
**Responsible to**: Team Leader

**What you will be doing?**

As a Peer Advocate you will be responsible for providing 1:1 support to up to 10 service users. You will support service users to access appropriate services and develop, monitor, evaluate and report on the action plans of service users under the guidance of the Team Leader. Your aim within the role will be ensure service users are building positive change in their lives and achieving their goals.

You will work in partnership with staff, volunteers, and the people we support to guarantee that we maintain a high-quality service which meets the needs of those engaged.
- People first - people are our top priority. We care so everyone can be their best.
- Community - our actions and support help build stronger communities where people can find their place and thrive.
- Transformation - we do challenging work, creating positive change that helps people move on with their lives.
- Excellence - we strive to always be our best, to exceed expectations, to learn from our mistakes.
- Trust - we trust ourselves, our colleagues and those we work with to do the right thing, to show integrity, acceptance, respect and fairness in all we do.

**What we are looking for?**
- Lived or learned experience of the common issues faced by people with alcohol / substance misuse problems.
- High level of relationship skills: Empathy; caring; acceptance; mutual affirmation and supportive.
- Strong belief in change and a desire to support people to make positive lifestyle choices.
- Good communication skills, both written and oral.
- Adaptability to changing and emerging needs as the project develops demonstrating flexibility and resilience in challenging situations.
- Full driving licence, own car and business insurance is essential.

**What we offer?**
- Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
- Training opportunities and career development
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Christmas closure between Christmas and New Year for all employees
- Life insurance (5x annual salary)
- Reflective practice - a group process that helps us to grow and develop professionally and personally, support us to build resilience and offers the space to consider how to balance work and life pressures
- Company phone and laptop provided to all staff
- Annual awards ceremony and celebration
- Refer a Friend Scheme - You could qualify for a £250 reward voucher if you refer someone you know into any paid, externally advertised position (permanent or fixed term) within CLI.

**Overview**

At CLI through our dedicated support services, peer-led mentoring, and practical and emotional support, we help people who have experience of the criminal justice system, addiction, homelessness, and mental ill-health, to recognise their potential as individuals, build their self-worth, their self-esteem and achieve their aspirations.

Our support and mentoring help people build a more fulfilling life and see how they can become part of, and positively impact, their community.

We work in partnership with other organisations that are striving to deliver positive impacts, support change, and share our commitment and values.

And we actively welcome those with lived experience of offending, addiction, homelessness, or mental health issues as part of our team. Where others see risk, we see opportunity.

We believe everyone deserves to feel valued, to be happy, to belong.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £23,400.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person