Peer Advocacy in Mental Health: Part time Peer Advocate Cork - deadline Monday 21 Apr 2025

Title: Peer Advocate

Employer: Peer Advocacy in Mental Health

About the job

We are currently hiring for the Position of Peer Advocate. 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. 

 Salary: €30,000 (€18,000 pro rata to 3-day week).  This increases upon successful completion of probationary period. Further information available on request.

Location: County Cork 

• 3 days/21 hours per week
• Wed, Thu and Fri
• 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.

Benefits include:

• Core Professional Training and Continuous Professional Development
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme provider
• Clinical external supervision

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