Health and Wellbeing Champion Coordinator
Location: Rugby, Northamptonshire
Salary: £26,993 per annum
Are you looking for a meaningful career that helps others break the cycle of addiction and live a positive life? The impact you will have in this role is far more reaching than the day to day contact with service users, the service we provide reverberates through families and society
Who we are?
The Forward Trust are a social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle 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 believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.
What you will be doing?
As a Health and Wellbeing Champion Coordinator (Peer Coordinator) you will support the team and the prison to champion the integrated service and train service users (prisoners) to become peer mentors who deliver peer-led interventions and offer peer support across all wings of the prison and to support the Health care services . You will also support and develop Health & Wellbeing Champions within the prison. Their roles will be to motivate and encourage clients to start taking greater responsibility for their health and wellbeing whilst in custody, and they will discuss and share the issues which they are concerned about by signposting and supporting them to the relevant services within the prison, and also with agreement from the prison deliver interventions to other peers.
What are we looking for?
- Knowledge of the Criminal Justice Sector
- Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers
- Ability to develop, coordinate and deliver the training on a peer support programme
- Previous experience of providing a peer support service to this or a similar client group
- A thorough knowledge of and commitment to the process of recovery from addiction
- A Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent
- Counselling qualification
What we offer
- Training and development opportunities
- £90 monthly allowance for external supervision
- Flexible working
- Simply Health 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)
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 their website to complete your application.
We reserve the right to close vacancies early