Liz Sharkey

• Provide one-to-one support for service users alongside therapy with Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, utilising lived experience of mental health
• Share ideas and strategies for supporting mental health and wellbeing
• Advocate on behalf of service users to support their rights and interests
• Provide one-to-one support for improved mental health outcomes, based on service user needs - face to face, over the phone, online
• Key expertise and experience of supporting neurodivergent service users
• Maintain accurate records, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures

Peer Support Worker on the Best Start Project, a partnership project between Touchstone and Women's Health Matters. Worked with parents of 0-2 year olds who needed support around self confidence, mental health and wellbeing, isolation, loneliness, stress, meeting new people, information on local services and more.

Responsible for managing relationships with local community partners, oversaw logistics during delivery of the programme and ensuring a high quality programme during delivery.

Responsible for setting up, leading and managing youth volunteering and engagement programmes, including National Citizen Service, vinvolved Leeds, Millennium Volunteers, Xperience 9. Managed a staff team of 9 and many volunteers.

Delivered contracts to target and beyond. Focussed on engaging and inspiring young people to achieve their potential through volunteering, social action and by expanding their horizons.

Always ensured young people were at the heart of programmes through meaningful youth involvement.