Peer Advocacy in Mental Health: Peer Advocate

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We are currently hiring:
Peer Advocate - Belfast 


We are currently hiring for the Position of Peer Advocate. Do you have a lived experience of being a Service User of Mental Health Services and would like to make a difference for those currently experiencing Mental Health challenges? Then apply to join our team.

Benefits include

  • Core Professional Training and Continuous Professional Development
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme provider
  • Clinical external supervision

Peer advocates are people who have personal experience of mental health challenges who have achieved a sufficient level of recovery to complete an accredited training course in peer advocacy. This puts them in a unique position in understanding the problems faced by people experiencing challenges to their mental health.

We currently have the following vacancy for Peer Advocate:

Belfast

5 days/35 hours per week

Monday to Friday

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Essential Criteria for the role

  • Self-experience of Mental Health Challenges.
  • Have had experience as a service user of mental health services and have achieved a level of recovery.
  • Can demonstrate knowledge of the needs of people experiencing mental health difficulties.
  • Have completed Peer Advocacy Training and/or will be required to undertake this training.
  • Computer literate
  • Full clean Driving Licence and a Car

We are currently hiring for the position of Peer Advocate

Do you have a lived experience of being a Service User of Mental Health Services and would like to make a difference for those currently experiencing Mental Health challenges? Then apply to join our team.

Starting salary is €30,000 (€18,000 pro rata to 3-day week). This increases upon successful completion of probationary period. Further information available on request.

Benefits include

  • Core Professional Training and Continuous Professional Development
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme provider
  • Clinical external supervision

Peer advocates are people who have personal experience of mental health challenges who have achieved a sufficient level of recovery to complete an accredited training course in peer advocacy. This puts them in a unique position in understanding the problems faced by people experiencing challenges to their mental health.

Essential Criteria for the role

  • Self-experience of Mental Health Challenges.
  • Have had experience as a service user of mental health services and have achieved a level of recovery.
  • Can demonstrate knowledge of the needs of people experiencing mental health difficulties.
  • Have completed Peer Advocacy Training and/or will be required to undertake this training.
  • Computer literate
  • Full clean Driving Licence and a Car

Application process:

For application form and job description email recruitment@irishadvocacynetwork.com
Or ring 01 5470510

Please visit our website at www.peeradvocacymh.com to find out more about our organisation.

Peer Advocacy in Mental Health is an equal opportunities employer

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Region: Belfast