Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity to make a real difference to peoples lives and communities? We have the following role available – Support and Advocacy Advisor. Advocating for those in addiction in Scotland to ensure that people have choice and are able to make decisions about their treatment and future.

Contract: Funding is available of this post for 3 years, with your help we will secure more.

ONLY THE TENACIOUS, COURAGEOUS & DETERMINED SHOULD APPLY.

OUR ETHOS

We don’t care whether you come into the office at 9 am.

We don’t care if you choose to work from home or not.

We don’t care if you work from your phone whilst walking the dog.

We hired you for a job and we trust you to get it done. Just let us know what you need to be successful in your role. And we will show up for you.

Life happens!

You don’t need to justify to us why you need a day off.

You don’t need to explain how sick your child is to leave early.

You don’t need to apologise for having a personal life.

Yes, we care about results but most importantly we care about you. We are all human and we are all adults. We lead people. We don’t run an adult day care centre. The success of this project will be down to you & how dedicated you are to the work. We want you to help us help more people to access the path of treatment they choose.

Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity to make a real difference to peoples lives and communities?

Favor UK (Faces and Voices of Recovery) are a national charity, made up of individuals in recovery, their friends, families and Community Recovery Organisations.

We are a policy advocacy movement that is taking on issues of discrimination, social justice and service access. Also, a public and professional education movement, intent on challenging stigma.

We are dedicated to organising and mobilising the recovery community, in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Including families, friends and allies into recovery community organisations and networks.

Our aim is to promote the right to recovery through advocacy and education, demonstrating the power and proof of long-term recovery.

About this project

This new and exciting project will focus on reducing barriers to accessing drug and alcohol treatment, looking at local issues facing people seeking support from these services. The Support and Advocacy team will involve and consult with those with lived experiences to help drive change, improving pathways into treatment and ease access to help. The focus will look at the practical impact and empower people with entrenched addiction issues, consulting with expert lived experience to deliver more informed and enriched services.

The Operational Manager will oversee the new Support and Advocacy team who will work in local communities and support individuals to access services and advocate on their behalf. Learning from past experiences, we will work alongside individuals, reducing barriers to treatment and ensure that pathways fit with their needs. The Manager will respond to these issues and use these to grow and develop the new project.

This approach aims to improve individual outcomes whilst learning about the wider societal and systemic changes that are required.

Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity to make a real difference to peoples lives and communities?

Favor UK (Faces and Voices of Recovery) are a national charity, made up of individuals in recovery, their friends, families and Community Recovery Organisations.

We are a policy advocacy movement that is taking on issues of discrimination, social justice and service access. Also, a public and professional education movement, intent on challenging stigma.

We are dedicated to organising and mobilising the recovery community, in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Including families, friends and allies into recovery community organisations and networks.

Our aim is to promote the right to recovery through advocacy and education, demonstrating the power and proof of long-term recovery.

This new and exciting project will focus on reducing barriers to drug and alcohol treatment, looking at local issues facing people seeking support from these services. The Support and Advocacy team will involve and consult with those with lived experiences to help drive change, improving pathways into treatment and ease access. The focus will look at the practical impact and empower people with entrenched addiction issues, consulting with expert lived experience to deliver more informed and enriched services.

The role

The team will be outreach based, working in local communities and support individuals to access services and advocate on their behalf. Learning from past experiences, we will work alongside individuals, reducing barriers to treatment and ensure that pathways fit with their needs.

This approach aims to improve individual outcomes whilst learning about the wider societal and systemic changes that are required.