Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. Crew reduces harm from drug use without judgement and improves public health with the input of people who use drugs, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

ROLE PURPOSE

• To advance knowledge, skills and understanding within Crew team and the wider workforce and to reduce drug related harm for people who use drugs by providing high quality training.
• To work with organisations including but not limited to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships, councils, Police Scotland, the NHS, the Scottish Prison Service and voluntary agencies to share knowledge and respond to drug trends.
• To be the knowledge and training lead for the organisation on new drugs, coordinating Crew’s emerging trends government work.
• To coordinate, design, plan, deliver and evaluate a range of training courses offered by Crew including emerging trends, new psychoactive substances (NPS), psychostimulants, and effective interventions with people who take drugs.
• To oversee work conducted by associate and sessional trainers for Crew. This includes offering supervision and providing quality assurance for training courses provided by Crew.
• In conjunction with the CEO and Board, this post will be involved with the development, implementation and performance evaluation of the annual training operational plan, including the development and delivery of income generation training.

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Office Base: 32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1PB (with regular travel across Scotland) and working from home as required by Scottish Government COVID-19 guidance.

Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. We reduce harm from drug use without judgement and improve public health with the input of people who access drug services, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

To advance knowledge, skills and understanding within Crew team and the wider workforce and to reduce drug related harm for people who use drugs by providing high quality training and promoting key harm reduction and health promotion messages. Working with organisations including but not limited to councils, Police Scotland, the NHS, the Scottish Prison Service and voluntary agencies to share knowledge and respond to drug trends. You’ll design, plan, pilot, deliver and evaluate training courses including drug trends, psychostimulants and effective interventions with people who use drugs. You will also be responsible for developing and delivering our communications strategy, social media output and digital content.

Crew is an award-winning national charity, based in Edinburgh, at the forefront of tackling new and emerging drug trends. We reduce harm from drug use without judgement and improve public health with the input of people who access drug services, working with a wide range of local, national and international partners.

To lead and manage proactive, assertive nightlife harm reduction interventions and to encourage ambition, motivate and support people to make changes to their drug use. This will reduce drug (including alcohol) related harm and encourage early access to treatment, improving health and social outcomes for those often furthest from treatment. You will also be responsible for designing and delivering training to people working in and participating in nightlife settings.

You’ll provide low threshold substance use and sexual health information, advice and support in a Drop-in environment, facilitating opportunities for peer education for young people aged 12-25, working with Crew’s volunteer peer educators.

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for co-ordinating and developing the work of a small, highly skilled team of 4 offering counselling and complementary therapies for people wishing to address their stimulant drug use. We’re open to secondments (minimum 2 years’ duration) and to considering applications for job-sharing.