Would you like to make a difference working with service users with problematic substance use?

The Service

The ARCH treatment service, led by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a community substance misuse treatment service that offers a broad range of treatments from different teams, including the WDP Criminal Justice Team.

The Role

• To provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users within Arch, specifically those engaged within the criminal justice system.

• Through lived experience of drug/alcohol and/or involvement with the criminal justice system embed recovery values within the service

• To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all WDP policies and Safeguarding principles

• Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of our service users and their significant others.

Location

ARCH (Addictions Recovery Community Hillingdon)

Old Bank House

64 High Street

Uxbridge

UB8 1JP

Why should you apply?

• To be an integral contributor in our mission to transform the lives of our service users

• To help enact positive change within the community and wider public space

• Be part of a high-performance team that is focused on quality and welcomes innovation.

• To benefit from our competitive salary and benefits packages and professional development opportunities.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP – including health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package.

Following the reconfiguration of our services in response to the Pandemic, we currently have 4 Bank Senior Nursing Support Worker vacancies in Robin House, Balloch. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and motivated Support Worker to join our compassionate and skilled team to provide respite and end of life care for children and families in their own homes.

You will work as part of our dynamic outreach team combining specialist palliative care with making precious memories and moments of joy through play, arts and crafts, outdoor activities and new experiences; ensuring that no matter how short a family’s time together may be, it is a time filled with happiness and fun.

We are seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic and creative Senior Nursing Support Worker with experience of working in a Health, Social or Child Care setting. You will have the skills to assist in the delivery of nursing care to babies, children and young people, and have the ability to adapt the care you provide to meet the individual needs of families.

Qualifications and Experience

You will be educated to SVQ level 3/ have a HNC in Health, Social or Child Care or be able to evidence equivalent experience. You will have relevant knowledge of care procedures and clinical observations and the ability to work confidently with IT in a care setting. As well as being a good communicator, able to work co-operatively with colleagues, you will also be an innovative thinker, self-motivated and committed to your own learning and development.

Be part of our ambition

At CHAS, staff and volunteers work together as one team, focused on the common goal of reaching every family in Scotland who needs our support. We have a 3:1 ratio of volunteers to staff members in CHAS. All CHAS staff will at some point work with or alongside volunteers and will be expected to support volunteers.

Our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heartbreaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Senior Nursing Support Worker, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Scottish Recovery Network are seeking an experienced manager with great people skills. You will have a passion for delivering work programmes which bring people, services and organisations across sectors together to create a mental health system powered by lived experience which supports everyone’s recovery journey. You will be committed to values-based practice, mental health recovery and excited by the opportunity to work with others to bring about much needed change in our mental health system.

Smart Play Network is a dynamic, forward thinking play organisation and charity supporting and delivering a range of play services in Scotland.

PlayTalkRead is a Scottish Government Early Years campaign aimed at promoting positive parenting in order to give children the best start in life and a strong platform for healthy growth, development and attainment.

Are you a fun and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working as part of a high energy team? Do you like to travel? Are you passionate about making a positive impact on families and understand the importance of parent and child relationships? Then this may be the job for you.

Our PlayTalkRead Roadshow travels across all of Scotland’s 32 local authorities to inspire and support parents and carers to interact with their babies and little ones through fun, simple and inexpensive activities.

As a key member of the play worker team you will also be responsible for driving our converted vehicles to and from locations across Scotland (full training will be given). Working away from home is an integral part of the role and offers a great opportunity to see Scotland while making a difference!

Having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills.

We appreciate that the best person might not have all the criteria we have listed, so if you feel your experience and skills will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.

Candidates must be over 25 years old, have held a Category B UK driving licence for a minimum of 2 years and have their own car.

If you would like an informal chat about the Play Worker role please call us on 0131 652 2655 or email us at recruitment@smartplaynetwork.org

Wellbeing Scotland are a voluntary organisation with services across Scotland. We provide a wide range of holistic services for individuals and families whose life experiences have impacted negatively on their wellbeing. We offer client centred, holistic; trauma informed therapeutic services and have specialism in abuse and trauma work which has been built up since 1994.

Due to the success of our school counselling services we seek to recruit a school counsellor for our Counselling through Schools contract in South Lanarkshire.

You will be a qualified counsellor with a Diploma or equivalent and be registered with a professional body. In return we offer excellent development opportunities and a focus on staff wellbeing

The Corstorphine Dementia Project is an established charity who is dedicated to providing quality day services to individuals located in the Corstorphine area with a diagnosis of dementia. This is achieved through our day centre the Jubilee Club.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, confident and highly motivated individual to join our day centre team. You will be located in our day centre and work with a team of staff and volunteers supporting individuals who have a diagnosis of dementia. Ideally the successful applicant will have experience of working in a support environment but this is not essential. With the ability to understand the needs of older people with dementia you will effectively contribute towards the provision of a relaxed, fun and caring environment within a framework that promotes independence and individual choice. Good verbal communication skills and the ability to confidently engage with those around you is essential.

This post is subject to membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme in respect of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, regulated work with adults.

Due to additional Investment provided to our team we are now recruiting a Family Support Practitioner.

We Are With you Borders offer a confidential service for people experiencing issues with drugs or alcohol. We work with people on their own goals, whether that is staying safe and healthy, making a small change or stopping an unwanted habit. We support people in all stages of recovery and also offer services to family and friends. Our interventions range from harm reduction and Injecting equipment provision to psychosocial interventions on a 1:1 and group work setting to recovery focused interventions to support people to have a healthy lifestyle balance.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an experienced family worker who will provide additional support to individuals and families. You will need experience and working knowledge of the challenges that families may face in relation to the impact of drug and / or alcohol. You will require experience and knowledge in assessment and care planning and the delivery of family interventions.

This job is subject to a PVG check.

We Are With you Borders offer a confidential service for people experiencing issues with drugs or alcohol. We work with people on their own goals, whether that is staying safe and healthy, making a small change or stopping an unwanted habit. We support people in all stages of recovery and also offer services to family and friends. Our

interventions range from harm reduction and Injecting equipment provision to psychosocial interventions on a 1:1 and group work setting to recovery focused interventions to support people to have a healthy lifestyle balance.

Due to additional Investment provided to our team we are now recruiting 2 additional Recovery Worker posts to join our Borders Alcohol & Drug Service.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an experienced recovery worker to join our team in the Scottish Borders. You will need experience of working in substance misuse offering one-one and group work facilitation first class assessment and support planning skills, risk management and safeguarding. A good working knowledge of local services and appropriate referral pathways, and support agencies.

Ideally the successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills and the ability to work effectively as a team player in a collaborative and supportive manner. You will be someone who thrives under pressure, has good time management and prioritisation skills and can work well with others.

In addition you will need to be positive, confident and well organised with experience of working with people in a recovery, health, social care or criminal justice setting.

An SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care is required as a minimum qualification and registration with the SSC will be essential.

The successful candidate will be required to deliver services within the community so a driving license is essential.

This job is subject to a PVG check.

SAMH (the Scottish Association for Mental Health) is a charity working across Scotland. Every year, we provide over a million hours of support to people who need our help. Every week, we work with around 3,000 individuals in over 60 services. Every day, we campaign for better mental health for the people of Scotland.

The SAMH National Employment Team operates high quality services to support customers to access and sustain employment. As part of our package of Employability services, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team and make a positive impact on the lives of the people we support.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

Working closely with all mental health services, you will work with people using Glasgow mental health services, employers and professional networks to secure employment.

You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of best practice in mental health provision and/or in the provision of employability and employment services. For the IPS role, a working knowledge of IPS in particular would be an advantage, but full IPS training will be provided.

We are looking for initiative, creativity, energy and determination and the ability to motivate, develop and inspire individuals to develop their self-confidence and realise their aspirations. You will be a self-starter, thrive in a multi-agency setting and have an appetite to promote this innovative approach.

As this post will involve travel across Glasgow a full driving licence and access to your own transport is essential.

Purpose of the post:

To provide an age appropriate quality service to children and young people who have experience of domestic abuse. In doing so, meeting legal requirements and DWA standards and policies.

To promote the work of DWA in the local and wider community.

To work with a range of children and young people who may have complex needs.

To support the CYP Manager, CEO and colleagues in achieving team and DWA objectives and in identifying areas for improvement.

Women only need apply under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010. The successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme. Dundee Women’s Aid positively welcomes applications from women within all sections of the community.