The Growth Company's (GC) Employment team is recruiting a Peer Mentor to support individuals facing substance misuse challenges. In this role, you'll deliver tailored advice, guidance, and training, while coordinating referrals and maintaining strong links with Jobcentre Plus and other agencies. You'll play a vital part in helping individuals build motivation, confidence, and self-esteem, and assist their transition into or out of treatment, education, training, or employment. Please note that this is a fixed term role until 31st March 2026. Key Responsibilities: Identify individual needs, including learning needs. Deliver interventions for each client; face-to-face and digital. Nurture onward and frequent interaction with customers. Enable customers to access and use information. Record discussions and training sessions and coordinate further activity with customers. Provide support for customers in implementing future courses of action. Help prepare and develop resources to support progression and learning. Facilitate learning in groups that improves employability and progression. About You: Insight and understanding of substance misuse, including an element of lived experience. Desire to contribute to the improvement of services supporting people with drug or alcohol issues. Warm, approachable, and empathetic style with the ability to build relationships with customers. Ability to understand, demonstrate, and apply Growth Company values. Mindful of professional boundaries. Skills Required: Motivated and keen with good communication skills. Ability to work well with others - personable and professional. Strong integrity and emotional resilience. Knowledge of issues affecting people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. Good knowledge of welfare to work and Jobcentre Plus. Familiarity with local treatment and health providers, support agencies, and community resources. Understanding that some customers may also be service users within the National Probation Services or have experienced HM Prison environments. Experience in the drug/alcohol issues treatment and support service. At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals including vulnerable adults and young people is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate. Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List. We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team. We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact us Examples include: Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance Extra time for tasks Interview questions shared beforehand Accessibility software or equipment for assessments Were proud to support theBan the Boxcampaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, weve removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage. GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process. All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.