“ Becoming a Peer Mentor has completely changed my personality and it’s the perfect route for me back into employment ” WY-FI Peer Mentor Telephone 01924 460 432 Email wy-fi@touchstonesupport.org.uk Peer Mentoring
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“Becoming a Peer Mentor has completely changed my personality and it’s the perfect route for me back into employment” WY-FI Peer Mentor
Telephone 01924 460 432 Email [email protected]
PeerMentoring
What is peer mentoring?Peer mentoring is where someone with personal experience helps or guides someone with similar experiences.
• Homelessness• Addictiontodrugs,substancesand/oralcohol• Reoffending• Mental ill-health
What do WY-FI Peer Mentors do?WY-FIPeerMentorsvolunteeracrossWestYorkshirebysupportingournavigatorandspecialistteamstohelpadultswithmultiplecomplexneedsengagewithsupportservices.
Using their own knowledge and lived experience of local servicesandrecoveryoptions,WY-FIPeerMentorssupportandbuildupmentoringrelationshipswith WY-FIbeneficiariestohelpthemaccessrelevantservices.WY-FIPeerMentorsareimportantfordemonstratingvisiblerecoveryandinstillinghope.
About Peer Mentoring
www.touchstonesupport.org.uk/services/wy-fi
TobecomeaWY-FIPeerMentoryoumusthave:• previous experience of volunteering or peer mentoring
(supportingpeople)and• livedexperienceofatleasttwoofthefollowing:
What do I need to become a WY-FI Peer Mentor?
• Improveyourchancesofpaidemployment• Developyourteamworkskills• Developyourpeopleskills• Gainbetterknowledgeofthesocialcaresector
Hope
Creativity
Empathy
Lived Experience
Patience
More training
Self confidence
What are the benefits of Peer Mentoring?
What is peer mentoring?Peer mentoring is where someone with personal experience helps or guides someone with similar experiences.
What do WY-FI Peer Mentors do?WY-FIPeerMentorsvolunteeracrossWestYorkshirebysupportingournavigatorandspecialistteamstohelpadultswithmultiplecomplexneedsengagewithsupportservices.
Using their own knowledge and lived experience of local servicesandrecoveryoptions,WY-FIPeerMentorssupportandbuildupmentoringrelationshipswith WY-FIbeneficiariestohelpthemaccessrelevantservices.WY-FIPeerMentorsareimportantfordemonstratingvisiblerecoveryandinstillinghope.
@WYFIProject facebook/WY-FI Project
How do I become a WY-FI Peer Mentor?
TobecomeaWY-FIPeerMentoryoumusthave:• previous experience of volunteering or peer mentoring
(supportingpeople)and• livedexperienceofatleasttwoofthefollowing:
What do I need to become a WY-FI Peer Mentor?
Visit the website or give us a call
Receive more training,supervision and travelexpenses
Begin a volunteer placement or gain support to explore alternatives
Become a qualified Peer Mentor
Training
Induction
Complete an Expression of Interest Form
Read the role description
Paid employment
21wy-fi peer mentors have gone onto gain paid employment
Any questions?If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us
Training“ This course has helped me so much, I’m so glad I did it” Peer Mentor course participant
Our visionBy2020adultswithmultipleneedsinWestYorkshireshouldhavetheopportunityof:• asettledhome• positivehealthandwellbeing• accesstoeducationandemployment,and• trustinapositivefuture
What we doWY-FIsupportspeoplewhoarenotengagingeffectivelywithservicesandareexperiencing entrenched needs in at least threeofthefollowingfourHARMareas:• Homelessness
• Addictiontodrugsand/oralcohol
• Reoffending• Mental ill-health
About the WY-FI Project
www.wy-fi.org.uk Telephone 01924 460 432
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