Lead Practitioner

Edinburgh
North East Edinburgh Recovery Service
Drugs and Alcohol Service
Lead Practitioner
Full Time and/or Part Time
£22,649 - £25,394

Post:               Lead Practitioners (various)

Service:          North East Edinburgh Recovery Service (NEERS)

Based:            Edinburgh - Based at the Leith Hub and required to perform home visits/outreach across the city

Hours:             Full-Time, Part Time & Compressed Hours

Salary:            £22,649 - £25,394 (£11.77 - £13.20 per hour)

Contract:        Permanent & Fixed-Term Available

Could you help us save lives?

About the Role

You will be passionate about reducing drug and alcohol related harms and be creative in ways of engaging people, including offering support in the community and/or home visits when required. You will have to record everything you do so attention to detail and good IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity

Flexibility to work Monday to Friday with the occasional evenings and have a valid driving licence with access to a car, is advantageous but not essential.

Training will be given in Injecting Equipment Provision, Take Home naloxone and Bloodborne virus testing.

Staff all have access to NHS trauma informed practice training and reflective practice sessions with NHS Psychologist.

About You

You will have experience supporting people in the Health and Social Care sector.

Previous experience in homelessness, criminal justice, Mental health or lived experience is advantageous although more important is a knowledge and understanding of alcohol and other drug related harm reduction and/or recovery capital.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Turning Point Scotland who will be excited by this opportunity to make a difference to people lives.

North East Edinburgh Recovery Hub

The North East Recovery Hub is a one-stop shop which offers a full range of drug and alcohol treatment and support services. We are a multi - disciplinary team comprising of Voluntary Sector TPS, NHS and social work staff. We are based with our main office in Leith, and a satellite location in Craigmillar.

We understand that everybody’s experience is different. When people come to the Hub, we personalise their care to achieve their goals.

The support we provide is always person centred, we do this by involving people who know the person well, this includes family and friends, other health and Social Work professionals, Advocacy services and our own staff members.


Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile.  Click here

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Turning Point Scotland have Platinum accreditation in Investors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment. 

  • Comprehensive Induction
  • 123 Learning and development courses 
  • 29 eLearning courses
  • Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
  • Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
  • Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
  • Wide range of family friendly policies 
  • 35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.
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If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call us at the NE Recovery Hub on 0131 554 7516 (option 2 for TPS) and ask to speak to the Duty Manager.


This opportunity is closed to applications.