Lead Practitioner

Job Description

Type of service Drugs and Alcohol Service

Job Type Lead Practitioner

Hours of work Full Time and/or Part Time

Job Description

Post: Lead Practitioner

Service: North Lanarkshire Alcohol and Other Drugs Crisis Outreach Service

Based: Airdrie with travel throughout North Lanarkshire

Hours: Full Time or Part Time

Salary: £27,575 – £30,820

Contract Permanent

Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people enjoy as much fulfilment as they can and feel included in their community? If compassion, care and inclusiveness are an important part of who you are, our opportunities to work away from the routine in a demanding, challenging but emotionally rewarding role could be for you.

At Turning Point Scotland, we have opportunities for Lead Practitioners to help provide individualised support to adults with a wide range of needs, either on an individual 1:1 basis or alongside others and as part of a team.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner, unlike other support roles, with Turning Point Scotland, no two days are the same!

Our Lead Practitioner role will include:

• Helping to provide individualised practical and emotional support to adults encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes.
• Supporting individuals with meaningful activities, appointments, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.
• Respond to individuals who present in crisis and use your knowledge, expertise and information gathering to assess what support they require.
• Work alongside statutory services to provide an approach that is right for the person being supported.

Our Crisis Outreach operates from 10am to 10pm (7 days per week) on a 12 hour shift pattern. (4 days one week and 3 days the next, 2 weekends in 4).

About You

You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills to support people to live their best lives. You are someone who shares our belief in reducing the harms of alcohol and other drug use and supporting people to reach their potential. You will have flexibility to work on a rota.

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team!

About Us – North Lanarkshire Alcohol and Other Drugs Outreach Service

The North Lanarkshire Alcohol and Other Drugs Crisis Outreach Service, provides support to individuals who are over the age of 16.

The service has 3 main parts of delivery these are:

• Overdose response (the team respond to individuals who have had or are at risk of overdose within 24-48 hours of notification).
• Assertive outreach (we “meet people where they are at” ensuring they have access to the support and services they require).
• Crisis response (a partnership with housing colleagues to work with anyone at risk of or experiencing homelessness).

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.

As a Lead Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the pay points of the role and based on experience.

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.

• 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.

Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle? No

Does the post include personal care? No

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? No

Will the service users be involved in this process? No