London Borough of Redbridge
Peer Mentor x6
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Contract: Fixed Term until March 2027, possible 2 year extension
Use Your Recovery Journey to Help Transform Lives Across Local London
Have you experienced recovery from drug and/or alcohol dependency and want to use your lived experience to support others?
Are you passionate about helping people overcome barriers, build confidence and take positive steps towards recovery, training and employment?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join Local London as a Peer Mentor within our new DWP-funded Peer Mentoring Programme.
About The Role
Local London has secured funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver an innovative Peer Mentoring Programme across the sub-region, supporting residents experiencing drug and/or alcohol dependency to overcome barriers and progress towards employment, training and other positive outcomes.
As a Peer Mentor, you will use your lived experience of recovery to build trusted, non-judgemental relationships with residents facing multiple and complex challenges. Through one-to-one support, you will help people build confidence, access services, achieve personal goals and take positive steps towards recovery, independence and employment.
Working alongside Jobcentre Plus, treatment providers, local authorities, health services and community organisations, you will play an important role in creating a joined-up support network that helps residents achieve lasting change.
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This is a unique opportunity to use your experience to inspire others, while developing your own skills and career within an innovative programme that sits at the intersection of recovery, health and employment support.
What You'll Be Doing
- Building trusted relationships with residents and providing one-to-one peer mentoring support.
- Supporting participants to identify goals and develop personalised action plans.
- Connecting people to treatment, health, housing, employment and community support services.
- Encouraging and motivating individuals to overcome barriers and make positive changes.
- Working collaboratively with local partners to ensure residents receive joined-up support.
- Keeping accurate records and contributing to programme outcomes and continuous improvement.
About You
We're looking for someone who has lived experience of recovery from drug and/or alcohol dependency and is passionate about using that experience to help others.
You'll be an empathetic and resilient individual who can build trust, motivate people and support individuals facing complex challenges. You'll have strong communication skills, be comfortable working with a range of professionals and be committed to helping residents achieve positive outcomes.
Experience of mentoring, supporting or working with vulnerable adults would be beneficial, but most importantly we are looking for individuals who can use their lived experience in a positive, professional and inspiring way.
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Why Join Local London?
This is a rare opportunity to join a brand-new programme from the outset and help shape a service that has the potential to transform lives across East and South East London.
You'll receive training, supervision and ongoing support, working as part of a collaborative team that values lived experience and the difference it can make.
The Peer Mentoring Programme sits alongside Local London's wider employment and skills offer, including Connect to Work and Employment Trailblazers, creating opportunities for residents to move from recovery and stabilisation towards sustainable employment.
Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to use your own journey to help others build confidence, access support and create a brighter future.
Local London is a sub-regional partnership of nine London boroughs: Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
Redbridge Council serves as the accountable body for Local London, and staff are employed on Redbridge Council terms and conditions.
If you're looking for an opportunity to use your lived experience to support others, build a rewarding career and help transform lives across Local London, we'd love to hear from you.
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