Peer Advocate Coordinator
Location: York
Salary: £24,000 - £28,647 per annum
As part of a ground-breaking and hugely transformational partnership with Mitie Care & Custody and People Plus, Forward have been successful in its bid to be a top table delivery partner in the operation of HMP Millsike, a brand-new Resettlement Prison situated on land opposite the existing HMP Full Sutton, currently in construction and due to open in April 2025.
This represents a chance for Forward to evolve our mission in a way that will be an integral part of a completely new way of delivering prisons within the prison system, and one that will be a huge reputational boost for our organisation, as the first to have a top table seat in our sector.
Forward Trust is a social justice charity that helps thousands of people to recover from addiction and mental health problems, leave behind crime, find jobs, homes, and a sense of belonging.
We campaign to change public attitudes and policy so that people, who are often written off by society, can access support that transforms lives. We are proud to be the UK's leading addiction recovery charity, improving public awareness and understanding, demonstrating the potential of people to recover and rebuild their lives.
What you will be doing:
1. Support HMP Millsike's Reducing Reoffending strategy.
2. Work closely with Residence and Wellbeing, Practice Plus, Tees Weir Valley Health and People Plus to deliver Forward Trust's innovative 'One Millsike' offer.
3. Support the mobilisation and delivery of Forward Trust interventions in partnership with Mitie's Care and Custody and HMPPS.
4. Create a strong recovery ethos across the prison, focusing on our Designated Recovery Wing (The Bridge Unit) and Recovery Zones.
5. Deliver Substance Dependence Treatment Programmes and support participants with substance dependence.
6. Ensure a thriving recovery mutual aid and stakeholder network.
What we are looking for:
The Peer Advocate Co-ordinator role sits within the Connections Family and Relationship Service, which will provide support to prisoners at HMP Millsike to build and maintain relationships with their families and/or significant others to support their rehabilitation.
The role will report to the Connections Family and Relationship Manager and will be supported by our central Peer Mentor Lead and team of Peer Co-ordinators.
As the Peer Advocate Co-ordinator, you will recruit, train, support, and develop Peer Advocates to support the delivery of Forward's Connections Families and Relationships Service.
The Peer Advocate role is a paid prisoner role designed to support the delivery of prison services and engagement of other prisoners in these services.
You will also support the co-ordination of service user involvement, such as collecting feedback and running service user panels, in partnership with the Peer Advocates.
What we offer:
* Training and development opportunities
* Flexible working
* Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
* Season Ticket Loan Scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Crisis Loan Scheme (subject to criteria)
* Electric Car Scheme (subject to criteria)
* 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 (Pro-rata for part-time employees)
* 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 the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application:
Apply Here
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
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