Support Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Turning Point Scotland Full time

Job Description

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**Service: Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Centre**

**Based: Tradeston, Glasgow**

**Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week**

**Salary: £10.83 - £11.39 per hour, rising to £11.12 in your first year of service**

**Annual: £20,972 - £21,924**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Because People Matter - Work with Us**

Do you wish to give back to your community whilst maintaining a healthy work/life balance? Have you considered a career in care?

Turning Point Scotland are hiring Support Practitioners for our Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Centre. **You will work 12-hour shifts, 8 to 8, working 4 days one week and 3 days the next. You will be rota’d for 4 weeks day shift and 2 weeks nightshift with every second weekend off. The building is central with excellent transport links, or has free on-site car parking available.**

This is a challenging but incredibly rewarding role which needs passion, skill, compassion and empathy to support individuals to integrate, feel fulfilled and included in their community.

**Turning Point Scotland’s Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Service**

Our Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Service offers integrated health and social care which provides low threshold, direct access services for people experiencing a crisis due to alcohol or other drug use including people who may be experiencing homelessness. These include a crisis residential unit, 24-hour Injecting Equipment Provision (needle exchange), woundcare, harm reduction advice, signposting and naloxone training and provision.

Proudly partnering with NHSGGC and the Health and Social Care Partnership for over 27 years, we have provided residential and direct access crisis services in a safe environment that challenges stigma and provides the advice and information required to reduce harm and give a space to reflect and consider the next steps towards recovery.

We are committed to helping individuals begin their journey to recovery whilst utilising harm reduction approaches, placing safety at the forefront of care delivery. We are passionate in encouraging citizens who use the service to improve and maintain relationships with family, friends and communities to build on their sense of belonging in society.

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 Support 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.

Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile. Click here

Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
- Benefits package
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.
- Comprehensive Induction
- 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
- Contact name & details
If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.

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