Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser – 35 hours per week

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000

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Job Summary

Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser - full time - 35 hours per week

Are you passionate about personal recovery?

Recovery College provides educational courses and workshops, with a focus on personal recovery to anyone in Norfolk and Suffolk over the age of 16 who are experiencing mental health challenges. The courses and workshops are designed to support people to learn skills and strategies to empower them on their recovery journey. All our courses are co-produced and co-delivered by people with lived and learnt experience of mental health difficulties. We are excited to be recruiting for a Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser to join our team of seven existing peers. You will be an integral and highly valued member of our team.

We are especially looking for people with lived experience of significant substance use difficulties and who have been through substance use treatment/or are in recovery (with drugs and/or alcohol) for this exciting new role. All our peer tutors will have experience of mental health difficulties. Applicants with a history of substance use (in recovery) and mental health difficulties are strongly encouraged to apply.

This post covers Norfolk and Suffolk.

Main duties of the job

• To co-facilitate delivery of courses and workshops within the recovery college by using personal lived experiences.
• To co-produce new courses and workshops collaboratively with other peers and subject expertise.
• To participate in and contribute to the co-review of courses including lesson plans, schemes of work and course resources, to support the quality and relevance of the teaching and learning in line with college principles.
• To support the process of quality assurance for new workshops/courses and be part of the quality panel.
• To support students to complete Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), either individually or in small groups.
• To provide information, advice and guidance about the student pathway, journey through college, plans for the next steps and graduation.
• Assist the college with local enrolment weeks, supporting students to complete registrations forms, ILPs and evaluations.
• To attend promotional events and open days as required.
• Participate in Peer Support Worker training as required.
• To provide individual student support, if necessary, as identified by the individual student.
• Supporting the ongoing development and recruitment of recovery college ambassadors (volunteers).
• To support and contribute as required to any service development, reviews, reports, evaluation as directed by the college manager in line with broader service development.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Date posted: 27 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year gross per annum pro rata.

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 246-COR7039734

Job locations: County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2DH

Job Description

Job responsibilities

As a Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser, you will act as a role model by sharing your lived experience of recovery to inspire hope, motivate and support others in their recovery journey. You will assist service users, staff, and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College. You will also have the opportunity to support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.

Peer tutors will show empathy, share experiences, inspire hope, and promote recovery, with the aim of assisting/supporting service users, staff and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College.

Peer tutors will support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.

Peer tutors will uphold the recovery focused culture and philosophy of the college in all interactions and tasks with students, the college team, wider colleagues internal to the trust and external partners, family, friends, members of the public and visitors to the college.

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

As a Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser, you will act as a role model by sharing your lived experience of recovery to inspire hope, motivate and support others in their recovery journey. You will assist service users, staff, and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College. You will also have the opportunity to support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.

Peer tutors will show empathy, share experiences, inspire hope, and promote recovery, with the aim of assisting/supporting service users, staff and supporters to gain an understanding of personal recovery through co-producing and co-facilitating workshops and courses within the Norfolk and Suffolk Recovery College.

Peer tutors will support students accessing the college to plan individual learning and progression through the college. This will include development of individual learning plans and termly enrolment sessions along with reviewing progress for students each term.

Peer tutors will uphold the recovery focused culture and philosophy of the college in all interactions and tasks with students, the college team, wider colleagues internal to the trust and external partners, family, friends, members of the public and visitors to the college.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Literacy and numeracy level 2 or equivalent.
• In house (NSFT) peer tutor training programme (tutor passport) or equivalent or willing to work towards it.

Desirable

• Award in adult education and training level 3 or equivalent.

Experience Essential

• Personal Lived Experience of substance misuse difficulties/treatment.
• Experience of working in a collaborative and co-produced way.
• Experience of tutoring or co-facilitating.

Skills Essential

• Understanding/knowledge 'embodiment' of the Recovery model
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address: County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2DH

Employer's website: NSFT Website