Prison and Healthcare Recovery Officer
- Full time
- £29,500 – £34,500
- Glasgow with regular travel throughout Scotland
- Closing 11th August 2021
- Advertised from 14th July 2021
Role
Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) are looking for a dynamic team player who can deliver self-managed outcomes within a small team committed to recovery values. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable passion to make recovery from substance use happen in every Scottish prison coupled with direct experience of working within SPS or prison healthcare for a number of years.
This role is central to delivering the Scottish Government’s ‘Rights, Respect and Recovery’ national substance use policy within criminal justice and treatment environments.
SRC ‘Support, Represent and Connect’ people with lived experience of dependency issues and recovery. As part of our team you will work at a national policy level, regionally within every prison and their staff teams, work with recovery communities, individual Recoverists (Recovery Activists) and multiple statutory and third sector agencies to ensure recovery is accessible to all prisoners across the national estate. You will have a track record of working alongside lived experience as well as healthcare and prison professionals.
You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work with lived experience volunteers, staff and strategic decision makers in order to deliver the following:
· Recovery development in every prison in Scotland;
· Improvement of Recovery Orientated Systems of Care (ROSC) within treatment and SPS operational systems;
· The delivery of a rights based and person-centered approach amongst staff and service users;
· Improvement in throughcare opportunities for prisoners and assertive connection to community supports (in particular, recovery community networks and lived experience recovery organisations);
· Support the work of SPS national recovery network and lead the development of knowledge and competencies amongst professionals and prisoners to make recovery happen.
If you think you have what we are looking for please contact our Chief Executive (Jardine Simpson) for an informal conversation on 0141 559 6933 about this exciting new role and to find out if our vision matches yours.
Application notes
Our deadline for applications for the position is close of business on Wednesday 11th August with a view to interviews being conducted on or around Tuesday 24th August 2021.
The successful candidates post offer will subject to full SPS checks.
For further information, please visit: scottishrecoveryconsortium.org/prison-health-officer
Development Officer - Projects
- Part time
- £26,170 – £32,517 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 18th October 2023
The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a new Development Officer to join our team.
The Development Officer - Projects role will sit within the strategic aims and outcomes of the ALLIANCE. This includes an emphasis on the voice of lived experience, person-centredness and human rights. The ALLIANCE will be working to increase the meaningful involvement and impact of people with lived experience, scale and embed successful development work and address health inequalities with a focus on those who face multiple barriers. The Development Officer role will be key to the delivery of the Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm and Living Well programmes contributing to and delivering these outcomes.
The successful candidate for this role would be expected to have:
• Excellent inclusive communication skills
• Demonstration of effective interpersonal skills including empathy, emotional intelligence and active listening
• IT skills in word processing, email, internet, databases and presentations
• Experience of carrying out social research and consultation
• Experience of engaging with people in interactive and creative ways including social media
• Understanding and commitment to: equal opportunities; non-discrimination; and the principle of people being the experts in their own lives and being at the heart of policy, support and services
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• Experience of facilitation workshops and groups
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
• 13 days public holiday that can be taken flexibly
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Corporate rates for gym membership
• Time of in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a new ALISS Engagement Officer.
The ALISS Engagement Officer will actively engage a range of stakeholders, with a view to increase the usage of ALISS and support the continuous improvement of the system.
The successful candidate for this role would be expected to have:
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work with a variety of people and professionals
• An understanding of asset based approaches and of the involvement of people with lived experience
• Experience of developing resources and facilitating accessible training
• Experience of developing materials for non-expert audiences
• The ability to facilitate open, exploratory discussions at all levels
• Experience of partnership working
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, email and the internet
• Experience of developing and contributing to events
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
• 13 days public holiday that can be taken flexibly
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Corporate rates for gym membership
• Time of in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
The ALLIANCE is excited to be recruiting for a new Events and Communications Officer to join our team.
The Events and Communications Officer will create engaging communications and deliver high quality events (online and in-person). The post holder will raise awareness and maintain a high profile for ALLIANCE programmes and activities.
The successful candidate for this role would be expected to have:
• Experience of administering, developing and overseeing events
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating events
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of engaging with people in interactive and creative ways
• Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities and non-discrimination
• Strong understanding of accessibility issues
• Ability to work effectively and innovatively as part of a team
• IT skills in word processing, email, internet and databases
• Social media proficiency, particularly Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn and Facebook
As an ALLIANCE employee you will benefit from:
• 210 hours annual leave (equivalent of 30 days)
• 13 days public holiday that can be taken flexibly
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Open to flexible working (formal and informal)
• Hybrid working – opportunity to work from home for part of the week
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Corporate rates for gym membership
• Time of in lieu
• Cycle Scheme
• Carer Positive Employer
The ALLIANCE is a healthy working lives employer and encourages a healthy work life balance and is happy to talk flexible working.
The ALLIANCE recognises that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our organisation feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
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Alternatives has been established since 1996 as a charitable company, with premises across West Dunbartonshire.
Alternatives’ core theme and purpose is to facilitate the personal journey from chaos to wholeness for individuals who have a substance dependency, by normalising a lifestyle without such a dependency.
To support the delivery of health improvement activities within the unit.
To support the assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of recovery programmes in partnership with house staff and residents.
To liaise with statutory agencies local Community Alcohol and Drugs Services and Primary care as required.
PVG Scheme Membership is required for this post
Alternatives operates an Equal Opportunities Policy
This post has been funded by Scottish Government National Drug Mission Funds
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