Health & Wellbeing Assessor - Redditch

Your new company
Your new company helps people to become positive contributors to local communities and wider society. They passionately believe everyone can change their and others\' lives. Our mission is to help clients achieve this through offering support through our peer-led services are the backbone of the work, and one of the newest developments is piloting a service in partnership with HMPPS providing peer support in the early days of a person\'s prison sentence, equipping people with tools to manage their emotions, deal with difficult situations and seek support /help when needed.
Your new role
This is a temporary to permanent vacancy.
As a Peer trainer/assessor, you will be embedded within a prison-based team and will provide a quality service to people in prison serving at HMP Hewell who work in the establishment as peer supporters wellbeing navigators. You will:

• Train, support and assess peer supporters to achieve their Level 3 Certificate in Advice and Guidance and other vocational qualifications whilst supporting them to progress onto further opportunities and sustainable employment.
• Be responsible for assessing and providing feedback to your learners as they build their portfolios and complete their qualifications.
• Facilitate weekly Peer Communities of Practice meetings which provide peers with regular support to share their own experiences, best practice, and areas of improvement.
• Provide 1:1 supervision support to peer supporters, managing their own wellbeing.

What you\'ll need to succeed
To be considered for the role, you will have experience and understanding of people\'s health and well-being, you will be able to run assessments of individuals and groups in order to best tailor support in line with what the organisation are looking to achieve. You will also have experience of delivering programmes on a 1to1 basis and also in group sessions, relevant to the support required.
What you\'ll get in return
This is a temporary to permanent opportunity, paying starting at £25,000 with increases up to £27,000 during probation. This company and their prison services are hoping to expand 3-fold over the course of the next 12 months, so it is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the business.
What you need to do now
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