Lead Practitioner - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Turning Point Scotland

Description

Service:
North East Edinburgh Recovery Service (NEERS)


Hours:
Full-Time 37hrs

42 per hour) - Cost of living award pending
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.

Our Turning Point Scotland Services in Edinburgh are looking for people like you 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.

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.

This is an established lead practitioner role with primary focus on recruitment, training, support and development of peer volunteers within the hub .

You will be responsible for integrating peers within the hub to ensure recovery is visible through facilitating peer involvement in all aspects of service first point of contact, café clinics, assertive outreach to those who have dropped out of the service and promotion of hubs within local community.

A primary part of the role is to work within an asset based community model to actively challenge stigma and mobilise community assets bridging the gap between treatment services, mutual aid and wider local community to support longer term sustainable recovery.

This is not a normal 9 to 5 job you should like to on the move and flexibility will be required around working hours, some evening and occasional weekend working will be required.

In order to provide flexible support individual will be required to hot desk from a wide range of primary care settings, including TPS premises Leith and Craigmillar.

Because of their personal experience, peer workers and / or peer supporters have expertise and real world knowledge that professional training cannot replicate.' ( We are seeking individuals who have lived experience and a track record of effective community engagement, assertive outreach and knowledge of national standards for community engagement.

Applicants with a background in Community Education / Community Development would be advantageous.

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.

We believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is all you need to join our team Benefits package 1 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. 123 Learning and development courses
Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
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? Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills? If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on
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