Peer Support Apprentice

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Humankind

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Posted:

26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Peer Support Apprentice
Are you looking to start a rewarding career journey where you can gain a qualification whilst helping to improve the quality of peoples lives?

Who we are…
Humankind is a vibrant and growing charity with over 30 years\’ experience working with individuals, families and communities affected by health and social inequalities across the country with a focus on improving peoples wellbeing. Humankind is one of Englands most successful home-grown charities. We have over staff and around volunteers providing services for over 20, people. Our specialist services include substance use, clinical, employment training and education, housing services, housing support and health, young people, and families services.

About the role…
We are currently looking to build our Recovery Coordination teams, with some newly created opportunities in Dorset. Our teams provide support for individuals who are experiencing problematic substance misuse. As a Peer Support Apprentice, your duties will include:

• You will ensure that we are able to provide specialist, tailored support to enable service users to make positive changes and give us the knowledge and resources to be able to reach and engage people with a range of needs within our communities.
• You will support the building, developing and strengthening of sustainable peer-led recovery support and communities across Dorset, whilst working towards a recognised qualification in Adult Care.
• You will ensure that you have a whole person holistic focus, with an understanding that services need to include all areas of wellbeing, not just substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.

About you…

• Humankind recognises and values the support lived experience can offer individuals and as such it is a requirement of the role that apprentices have personal lived experience of alcohol/substance use and/or experience of accessing recovery services in support of alcohol/substance use/mental health issues. Community service and Volunteering will be taken into account.
• As the role requires you to engage with study you must be willing to undertake a Level 2 apprenticeship in Adult Care with a local training provider. This will include achieving Level 1 in functional skills (Maths & English) if you havent already.
• A basic understanding of IT would be useful too as you will be using a laptop to help you carry out your job.
• The successful candidate needs to be capable of independent travel across the area to cater for meeting up with clients in community venues. This doesnt have to be a car it could be using public transport (travel expenses will be covered).

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This role will not necessarily impact any benefits you may be in receipt of and could provide a top up. A better off calculation can be carried out around your own individual circumstances.

What can Humankind offer you?
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
️ Happy, Healthy You! our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

As well as the benefits listed above, the successful applicant will gain the skills and experience to allow them to apply for permanent roles within Humankind. Roles such as a Support Worker and a Recovery Co-ordinator provide starting salaries ranging from £24,-£30, per year, so this is a great opportunity to start a new and rewarding career journey. As this role is an apprenticeship, after 1 year of being on the apprenticeship wage you will then go on to the living wage for your age bracket.

Humankind is an equal opportunity employer
If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe dont feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.

We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. If you require support with your application or would like to request a paper application, please contact the Recruitment Team on , alternatively you can email us at .

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