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Reconnect Peer Support Worker South Yorkshire
| Posting date: | 16 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £24,294 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | NJC Scale Points 7-11, starting at £24,294 pa/pro-rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2024 |
| Location: | South Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Touchstone |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
SALARY:
NJC Scale Points 7-11, starting at £24,294 pa/pro-rata
HOURS:
Hours between 22.5 and 37 per week available
This role is fixed term up to 31st March 2025, with possible extension
Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
RECONNECT is a care after custody service that seeks to improve the continuity of care of people leaving prison from HMP Doncaster, HMP Hatfield, HMP Lindholme, HMP Moorland and HMP New Hall or an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) with an identified health need, including poor mental health, substance use, learning difficulty, neurodiversity, reduce inequalities and address health-related drivers of offending behaviours.
We are seeking Peer Support Workers who will get the opportunity to gain experience of working with people who have been in custody as part of an exciting new service. You will work with a team to put lived experience at the centre of delivery ensuring safe transition from prison healthcare to community healthcare. This post is open to anyone who has lived experience of being in custody and any of the vulnerabilities listed above.
Information Session: Thursday 26th September, 12-1pm via Teams
To attend, please email: recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Interview Date: Thursday 10th October 2024
To apply, please send your application form to recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk
NJC Scale Points 7-11, starting at £24,294 pa/pro-rata
HOURS:
Hours between 22.5 and 37 per week available
This role is fixed term up to 31st March 2025, with possible extension
Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
RECONNECT is a care after custody service that seeks to improve the continuity of care of people leaving prison from HMP Doncaster, HMP Hatfield, HMP Lindholme, HMP Moorland and HMP New Hall or an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) with an identified health need, including poor mental health, substance use, learning difficulty, neurodiversity, reduce inequalities and address health-related drivers of offending behaviours.
We are seeking Peer Support Workers who will get the opportunity to gain experience of working with people who have been in custody as part of an exciting new service. You will work with a team to put lived experience at the centre of delivery ensuring safe transition from prison healthcare to community healthcare. This post is open to anyone who has lived experience of being in custody and any of the vulnerabilities listed above.
Information Session: Thursday 26th September, 12-1pm via Teams
To attend, please email: recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Interview Date: Thursday 10th October 2024
To apply, please send your application form to recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk
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