Lead Practitioner - Social Housing Assertive Outreach

Edinburgh
North East Edinburgh Recovery Service
Drugs and Alcohol Service
Lead Practitioner
Full time
£22,649 - £25,394

Post:               Lead Practitioner - Social Housing Assertive Outreach

Service:          North East Edinburgh Recovery Service (NEERS)

Based:            Edinburgh, Leith Hub

Hours:             Full-Time

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

Contract:         Fixed Term to March 2024 – potential for longer 

Could you help save lives?

Turning Point Scotland are in partnership with Places for People Scotland and Edinburgh Drug and Alcohol Partnership working together on Social Housing Assertive Outreach model to engage with tenants at risk of drug related harm and death in the social housing setting. 

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Practitioner in the field of Alcohol and Other Drugs.

As our Leaf Practitioner, Assertive Outreach, you will be offering harm reduction advice and interventions to some of the most vulnerable and high-risk people who use drugs.  These individuals may have had multiple non-fatal overdoses and are not currently engaged with treatment and or support services.

You will be passionate and committed and be creative in ways of engaging people, including home visits (alongside a colleague) offering support in the community. Making a difference to people’s lives you will continue providing support until they are able to engage in more structured support within the hub.

About You

You will have a genuine commitment and experience as a Lead Practitioner working with people in the Health and Social Care sector, Alcohol and other Drugs.  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.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity.

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.

Edinburgh - 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.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.

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 our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.

This opportunity is closed to applications.