Lead Practitioner
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,326 i £28,394 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Turning Point Scotland |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5990 |
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Post: Lead Practitioner
Service: South Lanarkshire Alcohol & Other Drugs Reachout
Based: South Lanarkshire
Hours: Full Time (37 hours)
Salary: £25,326 - £28,394 (£13.16 - £14,76 per hour) - Pay Award Pending
Contract: Permanent
Could you support someone due to the impact their alcohol use is having on them and/or others?
Could you be part of an exciting opportunity to develop and provide an alcohol specific service within South Lanarkshire?
Turning Point Scotland’s Reachout alcohol service are offering the opportunity to work within their fantastic supportive team to provide intensive case management and post and pre detox support.
The Reachout alcohol service will provide an Assertive Outreach and Intensive Case Management Service, including supporting individuals post and pre-detox. We understand the assertive outreach approach to be at the heart of a person-centred and flexible model of service which is designed to take services to where people are, to reach people who services have traditionally struggled to engage. The service and will operate throughout the whole of South Lanarkshire with offices in Cambuslang, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Clydesdale. The service will deliver structured interventions that include harm reduction advice, psychosocial support and community engagement. We will also support people to prepare for detox, during detox and afterwards this will include both in the community and hospital.
As part of the existing team you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs based on their alcohol use, 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.
Staff will operate throughout the week, out of hours and over the weekend (7 days per week) on an established work pattern.
The team endeavours to provide alcohol specific support, interventions and emotional and immediate support during period referred into the service. Referring and sign posting to relevant services. Discussions surrounding post and pre detox support, harm reduction advice, information and provision (ABI’s, alcohol plans, alcohol intake) generally keeping providing support in relation to people's alcohol use and supporting them to engage with or be referred into appropriate services.
The role will include:
Intensive Case Management and community engagement
Assertive Outreach, taking the service to where people are
Intensive person-centred approach
Personalised support planning
Structured psychosocial interventions such as ABI’s, emotional support, motivational interviewing crisis interventions, family support and onward referrals
Linkage with community resources
Presence at community events to identify those who need support with alcohol including ABI’s and raising awareness about alcohol harms
Work in partnership to support at alcohol specific events
Multiagency reviews
Harm reduction including alcohol management plans, including hydration and nutrition.
Use of alcohol screening tools to identify problematic and dependant alcohol consumption
Working in partnership with other service including health professionals and CAReS
Support to engage with services and attend appointments when required
Information and advice to help people make informed choices
Pre and post detox support
Support to understand the benefits and limitations to alcohol detox
Preparation for detox
Plan for post detox community support
Intensive person-centred approach
Partnership with care and treatment services
Support with residential rehab pathways information/referral
Family support
Support planning and reviews
Support to build Recovery capital and linkage with recovery services
Support to engage with peer networks in community
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.
This role would require someone with experience within the Alcohol and Other Drugs sector, we believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is what you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.
Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
We value lived experience, please click here to read more about our views
Service: South Lanarkshire Alcohol & Other Drugs Reachout
Based: South Lanarkshire
Hours: Full Time (37 hours)
Salary: £25,326 - £28,394 (£13.16 - £14,76 per hour) - Pay Award Pending
Contract: Permanent
Could you support someone due to the impact their alcohol use is having on them and/or others?
Could you be part of an exciting opportunity to develop and provide an alcohol specific service within South Lanarkshire?
Turning Point Scotland’s Reachout alcohol service are offering the opportunity to work within their fantastic supportive team to provide intensive case management and post and pre detox support.
The Reachout alcohol service will provide an Assertive Outreach and Intensive Case Management Service, including supporting individuals post and pre-detox. We understand the assertive outreach approach to be at the heart of a person-centred and flexible model of service which is designed to take services to where people are, to reach people who services have traditionally struggled to engage. The service and will operate throughout the whole of South Lanarkshire with offices in Cambuslang, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Clydesdale. The service will deliver structured interventions that include harm reduction advice, psychosocial support and community engagement. We will also support people to prepare for detox, during detox and afterwards this will include both in the community and hospital.
As part of the existing team you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs based on their alcohol use, 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.
Staff will operate throughout the week, out of hours and over the weekend (7 days per week) on an established work pattern.
The team endeavours to provide alcohol specific support, interventions and emotional and immediate support during period referred into the service. Referring and sign posting to relevant services. Discussions surrounding post and pre detox support, harm reduction advice, information and provision (ABI’s, alcohol plans, alcohol intake) generally keeping providing support in relation to people's alcohol use and supporting them to engage with or be referred into appropriate services.
The role will include:
Intensive Case Management and community engagement
Assertive Outreach, taking the service to where people are
Intensive person-centred approach
Personalised support planning
Structured psychosocial interventions such as ABI’s, emotional support, motivational interviewing crisis interventions, family support and onward referrals
Linkage with community resources
Presence at community events to identify those who need support with alcohol including ABI’s and raising awareness about alcohol harms
Work in partnership to support at alcohol specific events
Multiagency reviews
Harm reduction including alcohol management plans, including hydration and nutrition.
Use of alcohol screening tools to identify problematic and dependant alcohol consumption
Working in partnership with other service including health professionals and CAReS
Support to engage with services and attend appointments when required
Information and advice to help people make informed choices
Pre and post detox support
Support to understand the benefits and limitations to alcohol detox
Preparation for detox
Plan for post detox community support
Intensive person-centred approach
Partnership with care and treatment services
Support with residential rehab pathways information/referral
Family support
Support planning and reviews
Support to build Recovery capital and linkage with recovery services
Support to engage with peer networks in community
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.
This role would require someone with experience within the Alcohol and Other Drugs sector, we believe having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity is what you need to join our team! We would offer you full support in completing your application.
Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
We value lived experience, please click here to read more about our views
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