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    "description": "<p>Life Skills Peer Advocate </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Salary</span>: £24,896.94 <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Contract</span>: Fixed Term December 2027<br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Hours</span>: 35 per week - Varied 7 day rota with several shift patterns </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Location </span>Unit 4 Nelson Street BT15 1BH</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Employee Benefits</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Enhanced Annual Leave – 35 days per year, increasing as your length of service increases</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Paid Sick Leave</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Company maternity &amp; paternity pay</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Contributory Pension scheme</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Health Cash Back &amp; Rewards Plan</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Christmas Savers club</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bluelight discount card</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Plus, many opportunities to learn and develop within the organisation</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Why work for us? </span><br>Depaul is a cross border charity supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it. Would you like to help us to meet our mission?<br>We are a values led organisation and aim, at all times, to live and breathe these values in our everyday work. Our values are based on four key principles:<br>• We celebrate the potential of people<br>• We put our words into action<br>• We aim to take a wider role in civil society<br>• We believe in rights and responsibilities If you choose to work for Depaul</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>As a Peer Advocate you will have p<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">ersonal insights into the challenges of homelessness, addiction &amp; mental health. This is crucial to the role. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">The Lifeskills Worker is a part of the Housing First/Complex Lives portfolio</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">The role focuses on providing peer support to service users whose complexities may include addiction, mental and physical health needs in combination.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Service users may be in temporary accommodations or their own homes with the Lifeskills worker engaging them individually and in group/social settings.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Key aspects of the role include providing harm reduction advice &amp; guidance, personal development through lifeskills development, tenancy sustainment, community integration and good neighbourhood support, support to access education, enhancing employability and building social networks and supports</span></p>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">You will be a  part of a wider network of Subject Matter Experts within the organisation  </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">You will act as a peer expert for any research, advice and information or peer groups as and when needed and will be required  </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">to engage in any other task assigned, that supports service users access and attendance to health/ life skills supports.</span></p>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Key Responsibilities</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Be able to support service users to build the capacity and resilience in order to live independently and achieve their life goals and ambitions.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Provide individual and group interactions that offer confidence building, skills development and social interaction.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Identify &amp; liaise with external agencies that meet the needs of service users and facilitate information sessions between both parties</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Provide clear feedback to internal stakeholders on any work completed</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Carry out project administration tasks such as record keeping of Service User’s files, reporting of any incidents or accidents and financial records</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Participate in assessing new referrals to the service with the support of the line manager.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To adhere to all Depaul policies and local procedures.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To adhere fully to Organisational Risk Management Procedures, especially in relation to assessing risk to lone working.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Work with referring agencies such as complex lives and other homeless providers to ensure continued care for all service users.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Engage in different groups/ research to provide feedback and knowledge of the experience of homelessness.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Promotion of the LSPA programme through visits to homeless services.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To attend and participate in team meetings and staff team days.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To attend all mandatory training and any training deemed relevant to service delivery.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">● </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help in identifying your own job-related development and training needs.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with Depaul. This will depend on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of your offences or other information contained on a disclosure certificate.   <br><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">NISCC</span><br>This post is subject to NISCC registration, if you do hold a valid registration this must be completed within your probationary period. <br><br>Depaul Ireland are an Equal Opportunities employer.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span>Closing date 29/5/26</span></p>\n<p><br></p>",
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