The Role -
As a key member of the Gambling Service team, the Lived Experience facilitator will play an instrumental role in promoting understanding, reducing stigma, and fostering a sense of empowerment for those affected by gambling harms either as a gambler or as an affected other.
Main responsibilities / duties -
Engage with individuals accessing gambling support, providing empathy and understanding based on your own lived experiences and mentoring those seeking guidance and inspiration in their own recovery journey.
Facilitate recovery groups, workshops, and educational sessions to share knowledge and strategies for making and maintaining positive changes.
Collaborate with staff within the Gambling service to enhance understanding of the lived experience perspective and contribute to service development plans and strategies.
Take the lead in the development and delivery of a gambling harms peer support programme.
Facilitate opportunities to gather service user feedback to evaluate the quality of the service.
The Perfect Candidate -
Experienced harm from gambling either directly as a gambler or indirectly as an affected other (Have been in stable recovery for at least 12 months).
Good knowledge and understanding of gambling harms and available support services / resources.
Essential Criteria -
Good basic standard of education e.g. 4-5 GCSE's or Level 2 NVQ. Commitment to work towards a level 3/4 qualification