Location: Bisley
Salary: £13,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time
Are you passionate about empowering others and creating positive change?
We're looking for a Peer Coordinator to join our prison-based substance misuse service, working 17.5 hours per week across the Surrey region. This role will support services across HMP Send and HMP Coldingley, so regular travel between sites is required.
Working as part of an integrated healthcare team, you'll play a key role in developing and coordinating peer support programmes for adults experiencing drug and alcohol issues within custody. You'll recruit, train and support Peer Supporters and Health & Wellbeing Champions, helping individuals build confidence, improve wellbeing and support others on their recovery journey.
What you'll be doing:
* Recruit, train and supervise Peer Supporters and Health & Wellbeing Champions
* Develop and coordinate peer-led interventions across prison settings
* Build positive relationships with service users and prison staff
* Champion recovery, health and wellbeing initiatives
* Support awareness events and engagement activities
* Monitor outcomes and maintain accurate records and reports
* Act as a key contact for peer supporters across the service
We're looking for someone who:
* Has excellent communication and relationship-building skills
* Is passionate about recovery, wellbeing and person-centred support
* Can motivate and inspire others to achieve positive outcomes
* Is organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities
* Works effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
This is a rewarding opportunity to help people make lasting positive changes while contributing to the delivery of high-quality substance misuse services within a prison environment.
All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.
Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
* Flexible working
* Training and development opportunities
* BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
* Season Ticket Loan Scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Crisis Loan Scheme
* Electric Car Scheme
* 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
* Access to Blue Light Card
* 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
* Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
* Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
* Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. Some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application
Salary description
£13000.00 - £13000.00 per year