Bristol
Full Time
Contract
£26,500 per annum
37.5 hrs per week, 25 days’ annual leave + additional Christmas leave
About the Hepatitis C Trust
The Hepatitis C Trust (HCT) is a national charity and has been operating since 2001. We provide information, advocacy, services, and individual support, working with prisons and health systems across the UK to increase awareness, diagnosis, treatment and care. Established in 2000, we are a patient-led and patient-run organisation and a key part of the UK’s strategy to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health problem by 2030.
The Hepatitis C Trust is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion, and the wellbeing of our staff. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter. We are a Living Wage employer. We are happy to discuss flexible working.
Project overview
The Hepatitis C Trust has developed interventions nationally whereby peers use their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C (HCV), to provide education and training to clients and staff in drug service, increasing HCV awareness. Peers promote and deliver HCV testing, support patients along the care pathway, and liaise with local outreach clinics and Hepatitis C Operational Delivery Network (ODN) lead hospitals, to ensure continuity of high-quality care for people living with HCV.
The Bristol & Severn ODN is committed to reducing health inequalities and eliminating hepatitis C and across all its communities. In partnership with the ODN, the Hepatitis C Trust’s Follow Me project’s activities have evolved to deliver services that underpin these aims.
Job summary
Led by the Peer Programme Manager and alongside a growing team, the Peer Support Lead will continue the development and support of volunteer peers across Bristol, and additionally Bath, Weston, and their surrounding areas. This will include developing relationships and partnership working with drug and alcohol, homeless services, and other community providers to identify and train new peers volunteers.
The Peer Support Lead will coordinate the delivery of educational workshops, promote and provide hepatitis C testing in various community settings, liaise and develop close working with local outreach clinics, clinical teams and ODN lead hospitals, and ensure that patients are supported through HCV treatment and care. Activity and data reporting are also a key element of the role.
The Peer Support Lead duties will include:
Key Responsibilities
Peer Support
Bristol
Full Time
Contract
£26,500 per annum