AMBASSADOR SERVICES
meaningfully give back, and share their varied experiences.
By spreading out the offer, the crossfertilisation of ideas gets bolder, louder and more dynamic.
AMBASSADOR SERVICE LOCATIONS Our most developed services are Stockport and Portsmouth, with more recent additions growing in Redcar, Salford, Bolton, Coventry, Warwickshire, Gloucester, Dorset and Denbighshire. We have also started ambassador services in prisons, where we train trusted prisoners to engage with the prison population.
OUR SERVICES
FUNDING Ambassador services are funded through drug and alcohol core and supplementary grants, but in each area we are keen to offer the core training package to as wide a partnership as possible, creating powerful networks of volunteers and dynamic hubs where local people can develop their ideas,
AMBASSADOR ASPIRATIONS Key to the success of the Ambassador Programme is the belief that it is not a central service’ s job to define what a volunteer should do, or what community services it needs; these ideas and aspirations should always come from the individuals who live in those communities.
Many of our ambassadors go on to paid employment, whether directly after graduating having realised the skills they have to offer, or after a period of volunteering. More than 40 per cent of our ambassadors are now in full-time employment, while the rest are doing genuinely creative things in their communities.
Pictured: Dorset’ s lived experience recovery organisation Clarity was formed recently and is already having a positive impact on services and service user engagement in the area.
Our abstinence-based skills programme to teach people how to say no, wherever they are or whoever they are with. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Addictive Desire Recognition. |
A full programme of skills-based tasks tailored to job-getting in the competitive labour market. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Preparing for Learning, Employment and Career Progression. |
Our victim domestic abuse programme, designed to provide the skills to enable people to move on from abusive relationships. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Understanding Domestic Abuse. |
An introduction to the digital world for people with little or no digital skills. Completing learners will receive NOCN Entry 1 in Basic Digital Skills. |
Our mental health awareness programme, designed to provide alternative ways of thinking about mental health and skills to improve it. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Building Personal Resilience. |
A violence reduction pro gramme, Kind Regards teaches anger de-escalation and is ideal for those who struggle to control their temper in difficult situations. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Behaviour Management( Aggression). |
Our hard-hitting, short duration domestic abuse perpetrator programme, delivering skills to immediately desist from coercive and abusive behaviours. Completing learners will receive NOCN Level 1 in Understanding Domestic Abuse. |
Underpinned by a Level 2 IAG, with additional training in domestic abuse awareness and boundaries, this programme provides training for volunteers and trusted prisoners to carry out their roles in a professional, skills-based manner. |
Are you interested in developing a LERO to support your Recovery City? We would love to hear from you. w: intuitivethinkingskills. co. uk • e: peterbentley @ intuitivethinkingskills. com • t: 0800 069 9198
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