Peer supporter Coordinator – Part Time – HMP Send and HMP Coldingley
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
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.
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)
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. We include 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.
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