Peer Support Worker

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of service users for up to 12 weeks (Liaison & Diversion) and up to 6 months (Reconnect) to support them accessing a range of agencies and services that can provide help and advice.
• Facilitate engagement with appropriate services by identifying unmet needs including mental health, learning disability, ASD, ADHD, housing, social isolation and exclusion, education, debt management, drug and alcohol, and employment problems.
• Support service users who are difficult to engage with, to access and utilise community services to meet identified health and social needs.
• Build professional and supportive relationships with family, police, court staff and other partner agencies.
• Work a flexible operating schedule: service operates in police custody 7 am–8 pm, seven days a week; in court 9 am–5 pm, five days a week; travel to sites across the Hampshire area.
• Work from community settings across Hampshire as required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Lived experience of the criminal justice system, having been arrested and taken into police custody, and demonstrable recovery of at least 1 year no longer in contact with the criminal justice system.
• Direct lived experience of recovery from substance misuse, mental health or other vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrable recovery capital and period of desistance 1–3 years from misusing substance (including alcohol) and a minimum of one year completing any licence conditions or requirements.
• UK nationality or right to remain in the UK.
• Flexibility to travel to all sites across Thames Valley/Hampshire.

Working Pattern

Fixed‑term contract, 18 months, part‑time. Mondays to Thursdays 9 am to 5 pm. Flexibility with working patterns may be considered.

Location

Liaison & Diversion Service – Southampton Magistrates Court, 100 The Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1EY.

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

• Flexible working options.
• 27 days of annual leave, increasing with service length, plus the ability to buy and sell.
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
• Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
• Access to wellbeing tools and services.
• Discounts at hundreds of retailers and restaurants.
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disability, environment and armed forces community.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites.

EEO Statement

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Reasonable adjustments will be provided as needed.

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