Peer Advocate in Mental Health Dublin/Wicklow/Kildare
Peer Advocate in Mental Health Dublin/Wicklow/Kildare
Part time Peer Advocate in Mental Health Position based around Dublin/Wicklow/Kildare
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.
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 vacancies for Peer Advocates:
Dublin/Kildare/Wicklow
3 days/21 hours per week
Tue, Wed and Thu
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
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