“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

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