Overview
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.
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.
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