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Full Time Peer Advocate Belfast

Irish Advocacy Network CLG

Information, Advice & Advocacy
€30000 starting salary
35.00
We are currently hiring for the Position of Peer Advocate. Do you have a lived experience of being a Service User of Mental Health Services and would like to make a difference for those currently experiencing Mental Health challenges? Then apply to join our team. 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.

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

We currently have the following vacancy for Peer Advocate:

Belfast                                                         

5 days/35 hours per week                             

Monday to Friday                                 

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

Closing Date

Wednesday / 30 July 2025
5:00pm

Contact Details

For further information or to submit an application form, please email recruitment@irishadvocacynetwork.com

Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road,
Belfast
BT8 8BH
United Kingdom

recruitment@irishadvocacynetwork.com

Files

14.07.25 Application Form Peer Advocate Belfast.docx 23.06.25 Belfast Peer Advocate JD_0.pdf