Harm Reduction Lead

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

Overview:
**Believe in People?**

**The best people have one thing in common.**

**They care.**

At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of our Service Users is unwavering. We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, tailoring our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.

Guided by our core values of being open, being compassionate, and being bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.

Are you wanting to develop your career and make a difference to the lives of people in Manchester? Do you want to use your expert Harm Minimisation knowledge to ensure that everyone has the right information to make informed choices?

If so, join our vibrant and passionate team in Manchester as our Harm Reduction Lead.

**Location**: Manchester

**Hours**:Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

**Salary**: £34,700.09 - £36,635.38 dependent on experience

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**

Building on the strong Harm Reduction focus in our service delivery we’re looking for an expert to lead the harm reduction offer across CGL Manchester, working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure both the ethos and the evidence base of harm reduction informs all aspects of service delivery.

You’ll champion an organisational and wider systems culture which believes in people who use drugs and alcohol, giving them the respect and freedom of choice to improve their health and wellbeing.

You’ll also lead on internal and external training and awareness raising to improve understanding and outcomes for people who use drugs and alcohol.

**Key activities include**:

- To maintain an awareness of, implement, maintain, and evaluate effective Health Promotion and Harm Reduction strategies and programmes
- To be responsible for delivery of the Needle and Syringe Programme provision in Manchester, ensuring colleagues are trained and competent, as well as appropriate advice and equipment is provided in all needle exchange locations in Manchester.
- To monitor local intelligence around overdose and changes in drug trends, creating drug alerts as needed and feeding into LDIS systems locally and nationally.
- Lead the service Naloxone provision, including Naloxone Champions and stakeholder training, stock management, and leading on peer to peer Naloxone distribution.
- Engage with people who use drugs or alcohol to ensure the service continues to offer the appropriate levels of quality harm minimisation advice, building in feedback to shape and enhance the service offer.
- Oversee the delivery of harm reduction education, awareness and prevention training within service and ensure a bespoke offer is available to external partners and community members.
- To lead on the service offer for people who use Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPED’s) ensuring access to both equipment and advice is available and delivered to high standards.
- Work with internal and external partners to develop resources, participate in, and where possible lead on research into areas of harm reduction which would benefit service users and wider communities.

**Becoming a part of our team involves joining a supportive environment dedicated to making a difference.**

**We offer**:

- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Ongoing professional development and training.
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), yearly for the first five years.
- Wellness initiatives and employee assistance programs.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Various discounts and benefits.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Refer a Friend Scheme



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