Working alongside Employment Specialists and wider team, you’ll provide peer support, and practical guidance to participants, helping them build confidence, develop skills, and achieve their own aspirations. Through sharing your experiences, promoting self-advocacy, and building trusted relationships, you’ll help create positive change.
- Identify, facilitate access to or signpost resources within the
service and communities that promote choice, informed decision making and are aligned to personal goals - Safely discloses personal experiences with individuals and models self-help and self-management skills
- Establish safe, supportive and respectful relationships with
individuals, carers and families - Use co-production and lived experience to support individuals and groups to identify and work toward their self-defined goals
- Empower individuals to self-advocate and understand their rights and choices
- Represent and promote peer support within development
activities and service development - Work as part of the team and contribute to service improvement
- Maintain their peer perspective by using personal development and supervision to reflect on the role
- Maintain the safety of themselves and others and encourage positive risk taking putting the best interests, needs and preferences of the individual first
- Communicates effectively with individuals, colleagues, and other services in the context of peer support and provides feedback to individuals