Are you passionate about using your lived experience to make a real difference in people’s lives?
We are looking for a Dual Diagnosis Peer Navigator to join our Enfield Dual Diagnosis Network, supporting individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs, particularly those experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping or social exclusion.
You will play a key role in bridging mental health, substance misuse and community services, helping individuals navigate systems and stay engaged, especially during key transitions such as discharge from inpatient care.
The role includes providing practical, person-centred support, building trusting relationships, and working with a range of professionals and partner organisations. You will also contribute to work at Penrose Care Home, supporting engagement, co-facilitating groups and helping develop approaches to improve motivation and participation.
You will:
Use lived experience to support and inspire recovery
Help individuals access services across health, housing and community support
Support safe transitions and reduce gaps between services
Contribute to group work, workshops and co-produced activities
We are looking for someone who is compassionate, resilient, and able to engage people with complex needs, with strong communication skills and a commitment to recovery-focused, person-centred care.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Dual Diagnosis Peer Navigator, you will use your lived experience to support individuals with mental health and substance use needs to engage with services and progress in their recovery.
You will build trusting, recovery-focused relationships and provide practical and emotional support, including accompanying individuals to appointments and helping them access services. You will support people during key transitions, particularly when leaving inpatient care, to ensure continuity and reduce risk of relapse or crisis.
The role involves helping individuals navigate mental health, substance misuse, housing, sexual health and community services, with a focus on those who may be disengaged, including people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping or social exclusion. You will work closely with professionals and partner organisations to support coordinated care.
You will contribute to work within settings such as Penrose Care Home, supporting engagement, co-facilitating groups and workshops, and helping to develop approaches that improve participation and motivation.
You will maintain accurate records and work in line with Trust policies, safeguarding and confidentiality requirements.
What we’re looking for: lived experience of recovery, strong communication skills, a compassionate and non-judgemental approach, and the ability to engage individuals with complex needs as part of a team.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Use your lived experience to build trusting, recovery-focused relationships and support service user engagement
Provide practical and emotional support, including accompanying individuals to appointments and helping them access services
Support individuals at key transition points, particularly pre- and post-discharge from inpatient services
Help service users navigate mental health, substance misuse, housing, sexual health and community services
Work proactively with individuals who may be disengaged from services, including those experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping or social exclusion
Contribute to improving continuity of care and reducing gaps between services
Support activity within partner settings such as Penrose Care Home , including engagement, group work and structured support approaches
Co-produce and co-facilitate groups, workshops and recovery-focused activities
Work in a trauma-informed, person-centred way, promoting recovery, independence and inclusion
Maintain accurate records and carry out duties in line with Trust policies, safeguarding and confidentiality requirement
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
