Current Vacancies
Peer Support Specialist
Location
Gateshead
Salary
Grade F 14-19 (£27,334 - £29,777)
Contract
Fixed term until 31st March 2025
Working pattern
Full Time, 37 Hours, With the possibility of some evening and weekend working
Closing date
5th May 2024
We are looking to recruit an individual who has lived experience of one or more of the challenges the people we support are facing. This includes homelessness, involvement in the criminal justice system, mental health and domestic abuse. The role will require you to draw on your own lived experience and where relevant use this experience in your work.
Together with a co-worker, you will have the autonomy to agree the support and/or intervention required to meet the needs of the individual. Where appropriate and helpful, you will utilise your own lived experience to build relationships and trust, offering hope as a tool for positive change.
Key to this role is having demonstrable experience of putting the person first and seeking out the best way to support families or individuals to improve their current situation. Your experience will include previously working with individuals experiencing multiple disadvantage and having an understanding of issues relating to multiple disadvantage and social exclusion effects.
To be successful in this role you will have experience of building effective working relationships across agency boundaries and of finding bespoke, creative solutions to helping people. You will be able to demonstrate a solution focused approach to resolving complex problems and have the confidence and resilience to deal with difficult situations. Effective organisational skills and the ability to work on your own initiative are essential for this role.
Having a personal commitment to continuously learn and improve practice is also essential, as well as the willingness to contribute to and benefit from learning across the team.
For an informal discussion or if you need any assistance, please contact on Francis Donnelly 0191 433 4237 or Mark Joyce on 0191 433 4236.
