The Peer Mentoring Pilot Project bridges the gap between DWP Job Centres and Recovery Services. With a strong focus on empowering individuals struggling with substance misuse who are unemployed, our staff have lived experience of substance misuse and meet with clients referred by you to set goals and help them to step closer to employment. Our peer mentors can take clients to appointments, fellowship meetings, onward refers and more
Categories:
Connecting with nature
Connecting with others
Day to day helping hand
Healthy lifestyle
Helping with money
Information and advice
Social prescribing
Support with employment
Support with housing
Service access criteria:
To be over 18. unemployed and/or on benefits. substance misuse issues. • Living in: Newham, Westminster, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Croydon, Lambeth, Camden, or Islington.
Additional needs catered for:
Vision impairment friendly
Hearing impairment friendly
Wheelchair accessible
Learning difficulty friendly
Physical disability friendly
Non English speaking friendly
Who can refer:
Professional referrals only