Peer Volunteer

Job overview

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients.  You must be 18 years and over to apply for this role.

Please be aware we can only accept applications from people within the local area with appropriate right to work in the UK.  We cannot offer visa sponsorship for a volunteer role.

As volunteer expenses are limited to a 20 mile round trip, we are unable to proceed with applications if you live to far from the location you are volunteering for.

Main duties of the job

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust recognise and value the importance volunteer support is to us and our patients. Volunteering is a long term commitment (for example 9 – 12 months), and to bring continuity and stability for patients and staff, we ask volunteer to support by doing the same periods each week, which are discussed and agreed by the volunteer and volunteer supervisor.

At Community Roots we recognise the importance of working side-by-side with people who have experience of accessing mental health services, or caring for someone who does. Listening to and sharing our lived experiences of accessing care helps us to coproduce and co-deliver a wide range of preventative and recovery based health and wellbeing opportunities across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

If you have an interest in supporting others to prevent ill health or to support people in life beyond services, we have a range of opportunities available that ensure our Community Roots service is peer led:

• You may like to support our wide ranging curriculum by developing new sessions, gaining facilitation skills or supporting our practitioners to prepare and deliver training sessions.
• We also welcome applications to support learners in discovering our courses, completing enrolment forms, gathering feedback or supporting as a study buddy should someone feel apprehensive about attending our courses on their own or accessing us online

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A Standard DBS with Adult Barring is required for this role, and there is no charge to a volunteer for a DBS. Applicants must be 18 and over to apply for this role.

Please read the attached Role Description, or email main contact, for further information on this role. To apply for this role, please click this link LSCFT – My Impact. Please do not click the “Apply online now” option at the bottom of the page.