The Role -
As a key member of the Gambling Service team, the Lived Experience facilitator will play an instrumental role in promoting understanding, reducing stigma, and fostering a sense of empowerment for those affected by gambling harms either as a gambler or as an affected other.
Main responsibilities / duties -
- Engage with individuals accessing gambling support, providing empathy and understanding based on your own lived experiences and mentoring those seeking guidance and inspiration in their own recovery journey.
- Facilitate recovery groups, workshops, and educational sessions to share knowledge and strategies for making and maintaining positive changes.
- Collaborate with staff within the Gambling service to enhance understanding of the lived experience perspective and contribute to service development plans and strategies.
- Take the lead in the development and delivery of a gambling harms peer support programme.
- Facilitate opportunities to gather service user feedback to evaluate the quality of the service.
The Perfect Candidate -
- Experienced harm from gambling either directly as a gambler or indirectly as an affected other (Have been in stable recovery for at least 12 months).
- Good knowledge and understanding of gambling harms and available support services / resources.
Essential Criteria -
- Good basic standard of education e.g. 4-5 GCSE's or Level 2 NVQ. Commitment to work towards a level 3/4 qualification.