Day Shift Addiction Rehab Peer Support Worker

The Role:

As a Peer Support Worker, you’ll use your own recovery experience to inspire, guide, and support others who are beginning their recovery journey. Working alongside support workers and clinical staff, you’ll help residents build confidence, develop recovery skills, and engage with group and community programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide peer-based support and encouragement to individuals in recovery.
• Share personal insights and recovery experiences appropriately to foster hope and motivation.
• Support participation in 12-step fellowship, Step group work, and therapeutic activities.
• Promote positive coping strategies and personal responsibility in recovery.
• Assist in creating a safe, inclusive, and recovery-focused environment.
• Maintain confidentiality and uphold professional boundaries at all times.

About You

We are looking for someone who brings empathy, understanding, and hope through lived experience.

Essential Criteria:

• A minimum of 2 years continuous sobriety.
• Member of SSSC or willingness to work towards it.
• Completion of a 12-step fellowship programme (or actively engaged in ongoing recovery through 12-step principles).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Willingness to work a rota including day and night shifts, covering weekdays and weekends.

Desirable:

• Experience in a peer support or mentoring role.
• Understanding of trauma-informed and person-centred approaches.
• SVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care (or willingness to work towards it).

What We Offer:

• Full induction and ongoing training.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Employee wellbeing support.
• Pension scheme and holiday entitlement.

About Us

Townend house in Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland is a residential rehab facility accommodating up to 23 residents, offering high-quality facilities and focusing on a person-centred approach to support individuals on their recovery journey. The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults.

Our service offers a comprehensive group work programme that includes psychoeducation sessions, therapeutic groups, and engagement with 12-step fellowship. We believe in the power of lived experience and peer connection as key elements in achieving lasting recovery.

Townend is an equal opportunities employer. We actively welcome applications from people with lived experience of addiction and recovery.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site gym
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person