Peer Mentor - Liverpool, United Kingdom - The Growth Company

The Growth Company
The Growth Company
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Location
Liverpool City Region


Company
The Growth Company


Contract type
Permanent/ Full
- time


Salary
Up to £24,000 per annum


Closing Date
15/02/2023


Ref No
3392


The Growth Company have an exciting new opportunity for a Peer Mentor to deliver a range of guidance and training services for people with substance misuse issues, contribute to individuals' progression in recovery training and employment via an open, and professional mentor relationship.


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.
  • Develop a professional, open and supportive relationship with the customer.
  • Encourage peoples' achievement of skills and their progression into or out of formal treatment, training education and where appropriate employment.
  • Contribute to making contact and establishing relationships with new customers and assist them to recognise the potential benefits of support services.
  • Identify individual needs, including learning needs.
  • Deliver interventions for each client, face to face and digital.
  • Record discussions and training sessions and coordinate further activity with customer.
  • Provide assistance 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.
  • Help prepare and develop resources to assist progression and learning.
  • Facilitate learning in groups that improves employability and progression through presentations and activities.
  • Marketing, networking, and promotion of service to partner organisations and customers and manage 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 of 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.
  • An approachable 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, agencies and community resources/venues.

Essential Requirements
- "Lived Experience" A level of in-sight and awareness 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 to and well with others personable and professional.
  • Ability to network and promote the organisation.


The Growth Company (GC) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.


If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working.

Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles.

We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

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