Volunteer Peer Supporter - Role Description
Together’s Values
Collaboration: achieving together
Resilience: never giving up on people
Choice: through involvement
Continuous improvements: learning and evolving
Integrity: doing what we say
Introduction
The Lewisham Community Wellbeing Hub provides timely, targeted support to help people across the diverse communities in Lewisham to manage their mental health. Our aim is to provide people with the tools, resources, and links to local services to improve their wellbeing and resilience in the long term, through the support of our experienced and skilled staff team. The service is open to anyone over 18 who lives in the London Borough of Lewisham, has experienced challenges with their mental health and who wants to improve their wellbeing.
The service delivers time-limited interventions to residents living in Lewisham to support them to develop strong self-care practices, maintain their wellbeing and feel able to be part of the local community.
About this role
As a Peer Support Volunteer your lived experience of mental distress will be at the heart of your role. You will use your own experiences to empathise with and support people who are experiencing mental distress, sharing your lived experience in an appropriate way to express empathy and hopefulness. This will involve sharing skills and techniques to help people identify their own self-management tools and ways of moving forward with life.
With guidance from your Peer Support Coordinator, you will support people in a way that is led by them and suits your strengths and skills. All of what you do will draw on your lived experience in an appropriate way and this could include some or all of the following:
We welcome your suggestions of ways to provide peer support. The important thing is that you are drawing on your own experiences of mental distress and/or using mental health services to support others. Training and support will be provided to help you in your role as a Peer Supporter.
Who are we looking for? Your skills, knowledge, and experience
What you can expect to get out of the role
As a peer support volunteer, you will have access to regular supervision and ongoing support and guidance from your Peer Support Coordinator. You can go to them with any issues or questions about peer support and you will work with them to develop and use your skills as a Peer Support Volunteer in a way that benefits you and the people you are supporting.
There will be training and on-going learning and development opportunities available to you through on-line and/or classroom learning and access to health and wellbeing support via our trained mental health first aiders.
Any reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred within your role will be reimbursed.
How to apply and what next
If you have any questions at all, wish to discuss this role further or would like to request an application form please contact the Peer Support Coordinator below:
Name: Georgie
Position: Peer Support Coordinator
Telephone: 020 3962 8210
Email: [email protected]
Address: Douglas Way, Lewisham, London. SE8 4AG
At Together we value and encourage diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We are committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self, welcoming applications from people from diverse communities and backgrounds who share our values. As an employer, we are committed to making any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
Successful candidates will require an enhanced DBS check. To find out more, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service. Together is committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Charity No. 211091
