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Join a transformative community as a Peer Support Officer, empowering kinship carers and building resilient support networks.
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Organisation Summary:
Kinship is pioneering a national Peer Support Service funded by the Department for Education, focused on creating a sustainable, life-changing support system for kinship carers across England. With a decade of experience and the establishment of 145 new groups, Kinship is at the forefront of empowering and connecting kinship carers to foster belonging, resilience, and empowerment.
Role Summary:
- Develop and maintain in-person kinship support groups in high-need areas, particularly in London and the South East of England.
- Engage with local communities using techniques like coffee mornings and community events to build connections.
- Provide training and support to new support group leaders, guiding them through early stages of group formation.
- Facilitate the transition of established groups to become self-sufficient, working closely with the 'Hub' team.
- Manage and support online and special interest groups towards independent operation.
- Ensure service delivery targets are met and that kinship carers have a positive experience.
Role Requirements:
- Strategic thinking and effective resource mapping for time management and local community engagement.
- Experience in community engagement and developing sustainable support groups.
- Ability to provide training and support to peer leaders and facilitate group development stages.
- Competence in ensuring service targets are achieved and maintaining high-quality experiences for carers.
About the role
This role is all about developing a welcoming and supportive support group community for kinship carers wherever they live. Building belonging, resilience and empowerment for support group leaders and kinship carers.
Funded by the Department for Education, our national Peer Support Service is creating a sustainable and life-changing legacy for kinship carers across England.
This is a game-changing service for kinship carers and builds on Kinship’s 10 years’ experience of developing peer support groups, and two years delivering a national service which has set up 145 new groups.
As a Peer Support Officer, you’ll make sure we deliver an exceptional and consistent peer support service for kinship carers.
You’ll set-up and develop new in-person groups in areas of high need, as well as supporting existing groups to thrive, developing a resilient and powerful peer support community.
Purpose of the role
Taking responsibility for London and the South East of England, you will reach out and work directly in local communities to develop sustainable kinship peer support groups.
You’ll need to think strategically – mapping areas and utilising resources to be effective and efficient in managing your time and building local connections.
Using community engagement techniques like coffee mornings, community events and linking with our training and support service, you’ll build local connections and relationships.
As you develop a group and recruit support group leaders, you’ll provide standardised training and help the group to navigate forming and storming – providing reassurance and support to empower the group.
Once the group is stable, you’ll transition the support group leader/s over to the ‘Hub’ team to build confidence and knowledge to run their group independently. You’ll also support online groups and special interest groups to transition to independence.
You’ll ensure targets are met and that kinship carers receive a good experience.
