Gambling Practitioner

Service Care Solutions; Richmond; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Gambling Support Charity seeks a Gambling Support Practitioner to assist individuals on their recovery journey. This hybrid role involves client support, developing recovery plans, and engaging with communities to provide essential services. Ideal candidates will have a level 4 qualification in health/social care and experience working with vulnerable populations.

Benefits

Great job satisfaction helping people

Shorter hours (35 hours/week) without pay effect

Qualifications

• Experience in a multidisciplinary setting is preferred.
• Capable of independent travel across regions.
• Experience with addiction support is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to clients on their recovery journey.
• Develop and implement recovery-oriented care plans.
• Facilitate group programs and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Experience working with vulnerable people

1-1 interventions

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Minimum level 4 qualification in health and social care

Job description

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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, including gambling addictions. They are looking for candidates who can adhere to the values of Respect, Quality, Integrity, Partnership, Empowerment, and Commitment.

As a Gambling Support Practitioner, your role will be to provide advice and support to clients using the service and help them along their Gambling Recovery Journey.

The Gambling Support Practitioner role is hybrid, with the expectation for candidates to work in North and East Yorkshire.

Main responsibilities and duties of a Gambling Support Practitioner

1. Facilitate referrals, provide advice/guidance, assessment, brief and structured interventions, and group programmes to individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling.
2. Develop a recovery-oriented care plan and ensure it is implemented and reviewed with the service user to monitor outcomes.
3. Engage key stakeholders, publicise the work of the service, and recruit community partners.
4. Provide advice, screening, brief, and comprehensive assessments.
5. Provide group programmes and support groups for service users, their friends, and family.

The ideal candidate for the Gambling Support Practitioner role will have the following experience

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary setting / across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working with vulnerable people
• Experience providing 1-1 interventions
• Ideally, experience working with those affected by gambling harms or any addiction

Candidates must hold a minimum level 4 qualification in a relevant field, such as health and social care, social work, education, community, mental health, health promotion, or equivalent.

Additionally,

candidates must be capable of independent travel across the North/East Yorkshire region.

Benefits of working for this charity

• Great job satisfaction, helping people on their recovery journey!
• Shorter hours with no effect on pay, 35 hours per week.