Job Description

Peer Power is searching for two Peer Engagement Workers, brilliant at engaging children, teenagers and young adults through strong, caring and positive relationships. 

At Peer Power, we partner with children, teenagers and young adults who have experienced injustice, abuse, loss and exclusion. Together, we work to heal trauma and adversity through caring relationships, and transform youth service systems by supporting the young people we partner with to influence and inspire action.

We are looking for two Youth Engagement Workers both 4 days a week - one to work within Health & Justice and another to work within Peer Training - who are committed to social justice and able to support and inspire young people to drive the system change they want to see. They will have personal experiential knowledge of systems like youth justice, care, and health services and be able to safely share parts of their experiences and wisdom that will help to inspire hope and belief in others. They will recruit, engage and support young people through trusted and empathic peer relationships and facilitate a range of peer led groups that focus on wellbeing, personal development, social action and improving health, social care, violence reduction and justice services.