Regional Peer & Health Champion Coordinator

Forward Trust; Sutton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

The Forward Trust is seeking a Regional Peer Co-ordinator to support adults in custody within an Integrated Substance Misuse Service. Based in Sutton, you will help develop peer supporters and Health & Wellbeing Champions, linking services and promoting positive health outcomes for service users.

You will train peers, coordinate activities across wings, travel between sites, and work flexible hours including evenings/weekends as needed to support the prison population.

Qualifications

• Passionate about supporting people to improve their health and wellbeing.
• Able to build positive and professional relationships with service users.
• A confident communicator who can engage and motivate others.
• Able to encourage individuals to take greater responsibility for their health and wellbeing.
• Comfortable supporting and developing others through training and peer support.
• Able to work effectively with people from a range of backgrounds and experiences.
• Organised and able to coordinate peer support activities across the prison.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a wider integrated team.
• Committed to promoting positive health and wellbeing within a prison environment.
• Able to identify appropriate services and support individuals to access them through effective signposting.
• Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service.
• Willing and able to travel between prison sites when required.
• Available to work occasional evening and weekend shifts as part of a rota.

Responsibilities

• Champion the Integrated Substance Misuse Service within the prison.
• Support and work alongside the wider Substance Misuse Services team.
• Train and support service users to become Peer Supporters.
• Develop and support peer-led interventions across all wings of the prison.
• Support Peer Supporters to engage with and assist other service users.
• Develop and support Health & Wellbeing Champions within the prison.
• Encourage Health & Wellbeing Champions to motivate and support their peers to take greater responsibility for their health and wellbeing.
• Support Champions to listen to and understand the issues and concerns raised by other service users.
• Signpost service users to relevant health, wellbeing and support services within the prison.
• Support Health & Wellbeing Champions to provide interventions to their peers, where agreed with the prison.
• Build and strengthen links between the Integrated Substance Misuse Service and service users within the prison.
• Promote positive engagement with health, wellbeing and substance misuse services.
• Work collaboratively with prison staff, colleagues and other services to ensure effective support for service users.
• Work across multiple prison sites, which may include HMP High Down and HMP Downview.
• Travel between prison sites as required.
• Work flexibly, including some evening and weekend shifts on a rota basis, with reasonable notice.

Job description

The Forward Trust is seeking a Regional Peer Co-ordinator to support adults in custody within an Integrated Substance Misuse Service. Based in Sutton, you will help develop peer supporters and Health & Wellbeing Champions, linking services and promoting positive health outcomes for service users.

You will train peers, coordinate activities across wings, travel between sites, and work flexible hours including evenings/weekends as needed to support the prison population.