Development Officer – Quality Improvement
- Full time
- £31,616
- Glasgow
- Closing 20th June 2022
- Advertised from 14th June 2022
- Initial 2 year fixed term contract This position is full-time (based on 35 hours per week)
Role
Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is Scotland’s national resource of expertise on drugs and related issues. We seek to lead and represent the drugs field in Scotland in order to improve Scotland’s response to problem drug use. SDF works with policy makers, service planners and commissioners, service managers and staff as well as people who use or have used services to ensure service quality and evidence-based policy and practice.
We are pleased to be recruiting for a Development Officer – Quality Improvement. This is a great opportunity to work as part of a busy and dynamic team.
About the Project:
Peer research allows the voices and experiences of people who have experienced or are experiencing problem substance use to be heard where decisions are being made. SDF has pioneered and developed a peer research model as a key part of its inclusion and peer engagement activity. This work empowers people who are often marginalised in decision making and in wider society.
A small user involvement team at SDF is funded, through various sources, to provide independent quality improvement and evaluation work in local areas and services across Scotland. This post sits in that team and will focus on on-going work around the implementation of the Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards. Previous projects have addressed people with a substance use problem’s experiences of stigma and the relationship between homelessness and substance use.
SDF works in partnership with academic institutions in the design and delivery of research in Scotland, supporting peer researchers to engage in this process and advocating for research that is designed by a process of co-production where possible.
About the Post-holder and the Role:
The Development Officer will manage assigned peer research and evaluation projects.
The Development Officer will lead on:
• Research and evaluation material development - creating surveys or interview topic guides
• Analysis of the research and evaluation findings
• Production of written reports for key stakeholders.
The Development Officer will also offer support to the wider user involvement team to recruit, train, support and supervise a team of peer research volunteers across Scotland, in conjunction with other team members as required.
The successful candidate will:
Have significant experience of working in the substance use or a related sector, supporting people who use services and who access Medication Assisted Treatment and have some experience of undertaking research or evaluation work
or
be an experienced researcher with the ability to lead all stages of evaluation and research projects from data collection to analysis and production of final reports and have an interest or experience of research in the drugs field with an aptitude for engaging and working with peer researchers.
Benefits of working at SDF:
This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and driven team in a national organisation with a long track record of credible contribution to improving Scotland’s response to problem drug use. As a membership organisation, SDF has a huge range of supporters and stakeholders across Scotland and internationally.
Staff are supported in their induction and then during their employment at SDF to contribute to the work of the organisation and to grow personally and professionally. As an SDF employee you will benefit a range of learning and development opportunities.
An attractive package of employee benefits includes
• competitive pension contribution,
• generous annual leave entitlement,
• sick pay
• access to an employee support and counselling service.
SDF encourage a healthy work life balance and offer a flexible working scheme.
Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.
During the pandemic we have been mainly working from home, but it is envisaged this post will have in-person work and will require travel throughout Scotland and an ability to attend work in our head office based in Glasgow as required.
Candidates should also be willing and able to work effectively from home as required.
Application notes
Download and Application Pack or Apply Online here…. sdf.org.uk/jobs
CVs will not be accepted. No Agencies.
Closing: Monday 20th June at 12 noon
Registered Scottish Charity No. SC008075
With alcohol deaths rising and access to treatment at a ten-year low, Alcohol Focus Scotland’s role in advocating and supporting change has never been more important. Our Board has a vital role in ensuring the organisation is well-governed and able to deliver on our strategic plan.
Who we are
Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole.
Who we are looking for
We wish to recruit up to five new Directors to join our Board. In particular, we are looking for individuals who have skills, expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas of policy, practice and governance:
Policy and practice:
- public health, Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships or alcohol service provision research and or policy development in a relevant field (e.g. alcohol or commercial determinants of health, alcohol marketing)
- public affairs or campaigns
- the impact of alcohol on children, young people and families
- business development and delivery of training to external stakeholders
Governance:
- finance and fundraising
- charity and organisational governance (incl. human resources, equality and diversity, health and safety, data protection)
- legal knowledge relevant to AFS’s objectives (e.g. licensing law)
AFS is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work and Directors will be appointed on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who will bring greater diversity to our Board, including from people with lived experience.
These positions are unpaid but travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Clued Up has an exciting opportunity to join our existing core team of staff providing a comprehensive “youth friendly” substance use support and information service for young people 12 - 26 years in the Glenrothes and North East area of Fife. Providing one to one support, group work programmes, street work, partnership working and supporting the existing Project Workers.
Substance Use Recovery Development Team Leader
- Part time
- £32,185 – £33,677 pro-rata
- Airdrie (On site)
- Closing 11th April 2024
We are seeking a part time Team Leader who is passionate and enthusiastic about recovery and who has a good track record in promoting successful recovery development work, peer support and community development initiatives.
A self-starter, and a highly skilled communicator, you will be pivotal in developing good links between treatment & support services, North Lanarkshire Recovery Community (NLRC) and aftercare provision. Employed by Recovery Scotland, you will be comfortable in working with a range of stakeholders to develop and champion a robust recovery orientated system of care that has peer development at its heart.
Length of contract: Initially to 31 March 2026, thereafter to be determined primarily by the availability of funding and the performance of the post holder.
You will:
- Have a recognised professional qualification at a minimum of SVQ level 4
- Have a demonstrable experience in managing a dedicated staff team
- Have a good understanding of and familiarity with what works to promote and sustain recovery
- Be successful in providing evidence-based recovery interventions, and
- Have an ability to work flexibly and creatively in motivating, supporting and developing people in recovery
Lead Course Tutor
- Part time
- £37,333 – £41,951 pro-rata
- Based within the GCA office in North Claremont Street, Glasgow with hybrid working (Hybrid)
- Closing 3rd May 2024
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire
Role:
The Diploma in Integrative Counselling is 2-year course, credit rated at SCQF level 10 by the University of the West of Scotland, and validation from COSCA. GCA is one of the founding COSCA members and adheres to the COSCA ethical framework for good practice in counselling, psychotherapy and counselling skills. The course requires lead tutors who are accredited by COSCA to Diploma level or committed to work towards accreditation. Tutors should be experienced Counsellors who are accredited with an appropriate professional body, or working towards accreditation (e.g., COSCA/BACP/UKCP).
The Lead Course Tutor will have responsibility for two Diploma Courses, leading on one weekly class and one weekend class.
The Lead Course Tutor will be expected to contribute to a GCA CPD calendar, writing and delivering on content agreed with the Course Director.
The Lead Course Tutor will support the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of the Diploma in Integrative Counselling.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
- Working for an employer focused on delivering its vision and mission by living its values of Respect, Empathy and Collaboration.
Organisation Profile:
Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
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