We are currently hiring for the Position of Peer Advocate. Do you have a lived experience of being a Service User of Mental Health Services and would like to make a difference for those currently experiencing Mental Health challenges?  Then apply to join our team.

Starting salary is €30,000 (€18,000 pro rata to 3-day week).  This increases upon successful completion of probationary period. Further information available on request.

Benefits include

• Core Professional Training and Continuous Professional Development

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme provider

• Clinical external supervision

Peer advocates are people who have personal experience of mental health challenges who have achieved a sufficient level of recovery to complete an accredited training course in peer advocacy. This puts them in a unique position in understanding the problems faced by people experiencing challenges to their mental health.  

We currently have the following vacancy for Peer Advocate:

County Cork  

3 days/21 hours per week

Wed, Thu and Fri

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Essential Criteria for the role:

• Self-experience of Mental Health Challenges.
• Have had experience as a service user of mental health services and have achieved a level of recovery.
• Can demonstrate knowledge of the needs of people experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Have completed Peer Advocacy Training and/or will be required to undertake this training.
• Computer literate
• Full clean Driving Licence and a Car.