We're are hiring a part-time support worker.
Sessional Peer Support Worker
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Sessional Peer Support Worker (part time)
Reports to: B3 Service Manager
Responsible for: B3/BSAFE Service
Grade /Salary: £22,000 pro rata (including London Weighting)
Hours: up to 11 hours per week
Role Purpose:
To provide wide ranging administrative support to the Service Manager.
To manage the day-to-day administration for the project in relation to Health & Safety.
Work professionally, flexibly and creatively, promoting a culture of positive change and
outcomes.
Understand issues of social exclusion, diversity, offending and substance use.
Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner services.
Adhere to policies relating to safeguarding and governance.
To communicate B3’s vision and help deliver its mission.
Co-facilitation of B3 services.
To improve access to appropriate services for clients with substance misuse issues.
To assist in the delivery of an integrated service through the provision of training and
supervision.
Benefits Information
We have offered some flexibility in your contract hours as many applicants are claimants of
benefits. We have given you the most up to-date information, however, the responsibility is
yours to work out what best suits your situation.
If you work less than 16 hours a week, you may be able to claim Income Support or
Jobseeker's Allowance. However, if you have a partner who lives with you and works 24
hours a week or more, you will not be able to claim these benefits. Your partner may be able
to claim Working Tax Credit instead. For more info https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefitguides/Working-hours-benefits-rules/Which-benefits-are-affected-by-hours-worked
If you are getting Employment and Support Allowance and other benefits because of an
illness or disability you may be able to do some types of work within certain limits. This is
called 'permitted work'.
The idea of permitted work is that it allows you to test your own capacity for doing some
work and perhaps gain new skills. To help make this possible earnings under permitted work
are ignored in the benefit calculation, up to a limit of £115.50. For more info https://
www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Permitted-Work-Rules
Applications close end of business on Friday 1
st July 2022
Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 11
th July 2022
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1 To co-ordinate the BSAFE weekend service.
2 To co-facilitate Recovery Champion’s training.
3 To supervise volunteers.
4 To undertake administrative duties, as required by the Service Manager, e.g., minute
taking, office diary co-ordination, dealing with routine correspondence associated
with the running of the B3 service.
5 To develop and maintain record keeping systems, as required by Service Manager,
for the B3/BSAFE service.
6 In absence of Service Manager, to ensure that basic general correspondence and
telephone calls are dealt with in an appropriate manner.
7 To support the Service Manager/Team Leader in their day-to-day responsibility for
operation of financial systems, petty cash expenditure and payment of invoices.
8 To be responsible for the collation of all information relating to services and service
users to enable the provision of regular data activity and outcome reports to the
management and the Board of Trustees as required showing service standards are
achieved.
9 To be responsible for the collation of all health & safety and staffing information.
10 To develop your own knowledge and practice, attend supervision and team meetings
so as to fulfil your role as an effective member of the team.
11 Ensure good working relationships are established and maintained with within the
service and with colleagues, and externally with other service providers and
commissioners and other interested parties.
12 Carry out any reasonable and lawful duties and responsibilities as required by the
Manager.
INFORMATION AND GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Confidentiality:
Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained
during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.
Data Protection Act:
- To comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
Conflict of Duties:
- All applicants to any post within B3 are required to declare any involvement either
directly or indirectly with any firm, company or organisation that has a contract with
B3. Failure to do so may result in an application being rejected or dismissal after
appointment.
Equal Opportunities and Diversity:
- To ensure that all service users, their partners, colleagues both in B3 and other
partner organisations are treated as individuals within B3’s Diversity and Equality
framework
Health and Safety:
- You are required to comply at all times with the requirements of the Health and
Safety regulations and B3’s Health and Safety Policy and Procedures.
- You are responsible for taking reasonable care with regard to yourself as well as any
colleague, client or visitor who might be affected by an act or failure to act by
yourself.
