Peer Navigator

BHA for Equality is a leading health and social care charity that works to challenge health inequalities and delivers a range of services to support individuals, families & communities to improve their health & well-being.  

The Leeds Skyline and Wakefield projects provide emotional and practical support for people living with HIV through one-to-one and group support, information and advice, counselling and a range of activities and events to support people to live well.  For this project, BHA for Equality are working in partnership with The Hepatitis C Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new peer support service for people newly diagnosed with HIV and/or Hepatitis C (HCV) peer support across Leeds and Wakefield. BHA for Equality are looking for someone to use their own lived experience of HIV and/or HCV, to provide information and advice, support, and onward referrals for people newly diagnosed or re-engaged via Emergency Departments.  

The successful candidate will be employed by BHA, work in partnership with The Hepatitis C Trust and work within a multi-disciplinary team alongside clinics in Leeds and Wakefield.  

Using your lived experience, you will provide one-to-one peer support to people diagnosed with HIV and/or Hepatitis C, within clinical and community settings, providing information and advice and onward referrals to BHA’s and Hepatitis C Trust wider services and other providers where appropriate. You will recruit and manage a team of volunteer peer mentors to provide ongoing support and facilitate collaborative working with our partners to ensure people receive social and emotional support.  

You will need:

• Lived experience of HIV and/or HCV
• Experience of working with people from marginalised communities and people who experience multiple disadvantage
• Be solution focused and proactive, with excellent communication skills and an ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with service users, volunteers and other professionals.
• Knowledge of the welfare, housing and support systems available across Leeds and Wakefield

The role will involve:

• Working co-productively with people living with or affected by HIV and/or HCV in Leeds and the Wakefield district.
• Focusing on outcomes, building resilience and giving people the skills and tools, they need to self-manage.
• Ensuring that all services delivered are easy to access, understandable and easy to navigate.
• Delivering high quality support, using insight to continuously improve how we work.
• Advocacy and liaison with other providers across Leeds and Wakefield.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the best outcomes for people living with HIV and/or HCV.
• Working in accordance with BHA’s policies and procedures

Benefits of working with BHA:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
• Employee Assistant programme (includes income protection)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Flexible working
  

If you would like more information about the post, please contact Pesha Thornton to arrange an informal telephone discussion pesha@thebha.org.uk

You can apply by completing the Application Form on BHA for Equality's website and sending it to recruitment@thebha.org.uk. Your application MUST DETAIL how you meet the points asked for in the person specification.

The closing date for receipt of applications is midnight 25 March 2025.

Interviews will be held on 11 April 2025.

Due to the nature of this post, an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service search will be conducted on the successful applicant.