Peer Support Practitioner
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,940 to £30,762 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2025 |
| Location: | Chester, Cheshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOB0181 |
Summary
Passionate about guiding recovery journeys? Become a Peer Support Practitioner with Cheshire West and Chester Drug and Alcohol Service!
The Role
Based within Cheshire West and Chester Drug and Alcohol Service, your role will support adults within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals, via 1:1s and structured groupwork packages.
You will have a lived experience of substance misuse and possess OCNLR Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring or equivalent. Or the ability and commitment to complete this within 1 year of employment.
The role will involve:
• delivering excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• managing a case load and deliver evidence-based interventions and aftercare planning in a 1-1 and group setting.
• working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.
• managing Peer Mentors in your hub and allocate tasks and take ownership of assigned programmes.
• travel across county as and when required.
The Service
Via is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to lives of those who use our services, offering peer mentoring support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person as an individual and working with them to find the right support options.
Via is an adult treatment and recovery service which offers a range of pharmacological and psycho-social interventions to the Cheshire West & Chester community who are experiencing issues with drugs and alcohol use. Peer Mentor Team delivers support to those who have completed their structured treatment and those who could benefit from additional support during their recovery journey.
Location
Cheshire West and Chester, with Hub and coverage to be agreed with the successful candidate.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
For an informal chat about the role please contact Matt Flegg, Peer Mentor Team Leader via Matt.Flegg@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 1June.
All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values and not applications that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
The Role
Based within Cheshire West and Chester Drug and Alcohol Service, your role will support adults within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals, via 1:1s and structured groupwork packages.
You will have a lived experience of substance misuse and possess OCNLR Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring or equivalent. Or the ability and commitment to complete this within 1 year of employment.
The role will involve:
• delivering excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• managing a case load and deliver evidence-based interventions and aftercare planning in a 1-1 and group setting.
• working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.
• managing Peer Mentors in your hub and allocate tasks and take ownership of assigned programmes.
• travel across county as and when required.
The Service
Via is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to lives of those who use our services, offering peer mentoring support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person as an individual and working with them to find the right support options.
Via is an adult treatment and recovery service which offers a range of pharmacological and psycho-social interventions to the Cheshire West & Chester community who are experiencing issues with drugs and alcohol use. Peer Mentor Team delivers support to those who have completed their structured treatment and those who could benefit from additional support during their recovery journey.
Location
Cheshire West and Chester, with Hub and coverage to be agreed with the successful candidate.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
For an informal chat about the role please contact Matt Flegg, Peer Mentor Team Leader via Matt.Flegg@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 1June.
All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values and not applications that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
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