Senior Relief Practitioner

2 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Turning Point Scotland Full time

Job Description

**Service: North East Edinburgh Recovery Service**

**Based: Based in Leith Hub - working across the city centre, Leith, and Craigmillar**

**Salary: £11.77 per hour**

**About the Role**

You will be passionate about reducing drug and alcohol related harms and be creative in ways of engaging people, including offering support in the community and/or home visits when required. You will have to record everything you do so attention to detail and good IT skills are required for all our vacancies.

Flexibility to work Monday to Friday with the occasional evenings and have a valid driving licence with access to a car, is advantageous but not essential.

Training will be given in Injecting Equipment Provision, Take Home naloxone and Bloodborne virus testing.

Staff all have access to NHS trauma informed practice training and reflective practice sessions with NHS Psychologist.

**About You**

You will have experience supporting people in the Health and Social Care sector.

Previous experience in homelessness, criminal justice, Mental health or lived experience is advantageous although more important is a knowledge and understanding of alcohol and other drug related harm reduction and/or recovery capital.

**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. We are based with our main office in Leith, and a satellite location in Craigmillar.

We understand that everybody’s experience is different. When people come to the Hub, we personalise their care to achieve their goals.

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.

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 operates a List of Approved Relief Workers who may be contacted by services when there is a need to engage additional workers in order to provide the required support to someone who uses our services. Relief Workers are primarily deployed to cover periods of leave, or sickness absence and to provide additional support during periods of peak activity etc

When there is suitable work available within a service, a manager will contact Relief Workers offer them a shift/series of shifts. As a Relief Worker you will be well-placed to fit your work around your existing work or other commitments and you will be under no pressure or obligation to accept work from us if it does not suit you to do so. Once work is offered and accepted by you however, there is an expectation that you will make every effort to attend to undertake that shift. Your reliability in this regard is very important to our services and to the people we support who will be expecting you.

Relief Workers submit a Time Sheet to claim payment for the hours they have worked and are paid on a monthly basis. You will accrue some entitlement to paid holidays and you will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in the course of your work for us.

You will be required to undertake a programme of basic training which is primarily designed to enable you to operate safely, but also to meet the organisation’s obligations to you in terms of health & safety legislation.

Relief Working at Turning Point Scotland will not normally be suitable for people who have full-time posts with other agencies.
- 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 us at the Hub on 0131 554 7516 (option 2), and ask to speak with Hayley Beattie or Carmen McShane.

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