Lived Experienced Peer Volunteer

ST GILES TRUST; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A charity organization in the West Midlands is seeking a compassionate Lived Experienced Peer Volunteer for a part-time role (14 hours/week). You will play a crucial role in providing peer-led support and building relationships with service users, encouraging them to engage in drug and alcohol treatment after arrest. Ideal candidates have experience working with adults facing challenges and can serve as positive role models. Join us in making a difference in the lives of others.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working positively with adults.
• Ability to engage with treatment support services.
• Experience in peer-led support will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions to build meaningful, peer-led relationships.
• Encourage service users to engage with drug and alcohol treatment.
• Increase client engagement with treatment services.

Skills

Positive role model

Ability to engage with challenging behavior

Collaborative and compassionate

Job description

Part Time, 14 hours per week, Flexible - Monday to Friday

Closing date

Monday, 29th December 2025 at 9.00am

Ref LEP 252

Are you a proactive, collaborative and compassionate individual with proven experience of working positively with adults to engage successfully despite ‘challenging’ behaviour? Do you have the ability to be a positive role model, demonstrating the virtues of engaging with treatment support services?

If so, St Giles is looking for a Lived Experienced Peer Volunteer to join our team and provide interventions and build meaningful, peer-led relationships with service users to encourage them to engage in drug and alcohol treatment following arrest.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this key role

As a Peer Volunteer , you will increase client engagement with drug and alcohol treatment services by providing vital peer-led support and building trust and motivation among a client group that has been histo...