Gambling Support Practitioner
Service Care Solutions are working with a Leading Gambling Support Charity to find great candidates to join their Service.
This Gambling Support Charity has been running for a number of years and has helped support people with addictions, this including gambling addictions. They are looking for candidates who can adhere to the values. These values being Respect, Quality, Integrity, Partnership, Empowerment and Commitment.
As a Gambling Support Practitioner it will be your role to provide advice and support to clients using using the service and help them along their recovery journey.
Main responsibilities and duties of a Gambling Support Practitioner
- Facilitate referrals, provide advice / guidance, assessment, brief and structured interventions, and group programmes to individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling.
- Provide advice and support to colleagues providing support to individuals about their gambling behaviour.
- Engage key stakeholders, publicise the work of the service, and recruit community partners.
- Provide advice, screening, brief and comprehensive assessments.
- Develop and support a network of Community Champions for gambling related harm.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of community services across designated areas, mapping the stakeholder landscape to identify key opportunities and organisations.
The Perfect Candidate for the Gambling Support Practitioner role will have the following experience
- Working in a multi disciplinary setting / across multi-disciplinary teams
- Working with vulnerable people
- Experience of providing 1 – 1 interventions
- Ideally, experience of working with those affected by Gambling Harms or any addiction.
Essential Criteria
Candidates must hold a minimum level 4 qualification in a relevant field i.e. health and social care, social work, education, community, mental health, health promotion or equivalent
and
be capable of independent travel across the Tyne and Wear region.
Benefits for working for this Charity
- Great job satisfaction, you will be helping people on their recovery journey!
- Shorter hours but this doesn't effect pay, 35 hours per week.
- Working as part of dedicated team!
Please APPLY NOW if you are interested in this role but clicking apply or by sending your CV to Paul Rimmer - paul.rimmer@servicecare.org.uk