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

We’re looking for a youth worker with strong digital communications skills to develop our new online service offering low-threshold drug and sexual health information, advice and support, working collaboratively with young people, the Drop-in and wider Crew teams. You’ll facilitate opportunities for peer education for young people aged 12-25, working with Crew’s volunteer peer educators, as well as responding to enquiries from the public.

We provide a range of recovery focussed services for people affected by addictions and related mental health issues. We are seeking an experienced and competent practitioner to join with our partner agency Circle to support mothers and their families who may be considered at risk of involvement with justice services and who are affected by domestic abuse, substance use and poor mental health.

Based in Hamilton and working across South and North Lanarkshire, as a qualified counsellor you will be passionate about recovery and have a good track record in providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interventions. You will be competent in undertaking assessments and delivering intensive support to women with complex needs. You will be able to demonstrate a high level of quality throughout all your work. As a team player, you will be comfortable in working in a successful and innovative joint service.

You will

• have a recognised professional counselling qualification at a minimum of SVQ level 4 and
• be familiar with managing a busy caseload and in monitoring and recording all aspects of your work, and
• be familiar with the SSSC Codes of Practice for employees and employers

MELD is a community based substance misuse agency providing recovery services in Midlothian and East Lothian.

MELD is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our expanding recovery service. We are recruiting people who are committed to providing services for individuals with substance misuse issues, who can work effectively as part of a dynamic team and in partnership with statutory services.

Applicants should have excellent communication skills, good attention to detail and be confident organising their own workload with often conflicting priorities.

The successful candidate will have strong IT skills with good working knowledge of Word and Excel. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database experience would be preferred but not essential as training will be given. You will also be skilled in data entry with attention to speed and accuracy.

All Applicants must have a positive attitude towards, and commitment to, the rights of people with substance misuse problems.

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

With this role you’ll be working as part of West Lothian Recovery Service

The team supports people with their drug and/or alcohol issues.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

This is what one of our Recovery Co-ordinators had to say.

“Seeing people move in their treatment journey and seeing a zest in life coming back in their lives is so rewarding”.