SALARY:
NJC Scale Points 7-11, starting at £25,584 pa/pro rata
HOURS:
18.5 hours per week
This role is fixed term up to 31 March 2026
Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
This opportunity is working as a peer support worker within the Liaison & Diversion service. The Liaison and Diversion Service supports people with identified health needs who come into contact with the Criminal Justice system. These identified health needs include mental health issues, learning difficulties and disabilities, homelessness, substance or alcohol use, or any other vulnerability that is having a negative impact on a person’s life.
Information Session: Tuesday 14 January 2025 2025 11am via MS Teams
To attend, please email recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk for a link.
Closing Date: Sunday 26 January 2025
Interview date: Friday 07 February 2025
For more information about the role, please contact Connor Ashworth at connora@touchstonesupport.org.uk or 07442 880 894
To apply, please send your application form to recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk
Application forms and documents:
Advice on Completing Application Forms
Peer Support Person Specification
Touchstone Job Applicant Privacy Notice – NOV 24
As an employee of Touchstone, all successful applicants continually benefit from the following:
- Personal wellbeing budget
- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Agile working policy
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff Mindful Employer helpline
- Health and wellbeing and fun organisational staff away days
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- A full range of staff and peer support networks
- Excellent staff engagement
- Lots of learning and development opportunities
Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.
