Gambling Harm Recovery Practitioner

Recovery Focus; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Waythrough is seeking a Complex Needs Practitioner – Gambling to join our team. You will manage a diverse caseload and deliver tailored, person-centred interventions to individuals experiencing gambling-related harm across community settings and multi-agency partnerships.

You will work flexibly, assess needs, develop recovery plans, and advocate for access to health, housing and social care services, while promoting safeguarding and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with complex needs within gambling, addictions, health and social care, mental health, housing or related settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload of individuals experiencing gambling-related harm and complex needs.
• Build positive, trusting and professional relationships with service users and, where appropriate, their families.
• Complete comprehensive assessments, care plans, reviews and aftercare support.
• Deliver psychosocial and person-centred interventions to address gambling-related needs.
• Develop personalised, strengths-based support and recovery plans focused on meaningful outcomes.
• Identify, assess and manage risk, including safeguarding concerns.
• Provide harm-reduction interventions and promote resilience, independence and wellbeing.
• Explore and address the wider impact of gambling, including financial, family, employment, housing, physical and emotional health issues.
• Support individuals to access appropriate healthcare, social care, housing, employment, education and community services.
• Advocate for service users and help remove barriers to accessing appropriate support.
• Work closely with voluntary and statutory agencies, health professionals and other partner organisations.

Skills

Caseload management

Outreach work

Care planning

Psychosocial support

Risk assessment

Safeguarding

Job description

Waythrough is seeking a Complex Needs Practitioner – Gambling to join our team. You will manage a diverse caseload and deliver tailored, person-centred interventions to individuals experiencing gambling-related harm across community settings and multi-agency partnerships.

You will work flexibly, assess needs, develop recovery plans, and advocate for access to health, housing and social care services, while promoting safeguarding and wellbeing.