Opening in Autumn 2024, we are seeking an exceptional individual to support the Residential Registered Manager in opening and managing a brand new Care Inspectorate registered residential rehabilitation service in West Aberdeenshire. You'll be supported by a charitable organisation with extensive experience in launching and managing top-tier registered care services.

Aligned with our vision of empowering individuals impacted by substance use and associated needs, we're collaborating with national and local partners to deliver safe and effective residential care services. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that every individual we support receives the highest quality of care and guidance.

About You

Are you ready to make a profound impact on people's lives? We're seeking an extraordinary person to support the success of our new residential rehab service. Your experience should include:

• Previous experience in a CI service
• Expertise in substance use, mental health, or related fields
• Demonstrated leadership skills with at least 2 years of experience managing staff or volunteers
• A burning passion for creating positive change and improving lives

Your Rewards

• Starting salary of £30,500 with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increase up to £36,000
• 25 days annual leave (rising yearly + bank holidays), benefits package, and continuous training opportunities
• Access to employee assistance programs and wellbeing activities
• The chance to be part of a collaborative team dedicated to making a difference
• Potential relocation package if you are not in the area - get in touch to discuss

The Role

• Monday to Friday role
• To support the Residential Registered Manager with the residential rehabilitation facilities and ensure the services are provided to the highest of standards in line with our treatment manual and handbook.
• To lead the staff of the service to achieve the highest professional standards and ensure compliance with Phoenix Futures policies and procedures.
• To support the Residential Registered Manager to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Care Inspectorate and internal Phoenix Futures audit requirements.
• To ensure that the service complies with internal quality standards to a high standard as well as external regulatory and health and safety requirements.To actively manage diversity and promote equality and people’s rights in all aspects of service delivery.

The Service

Our state-of-the-art facility will offer 27 beds for individuals seeking transformative recovery journeys. With a focus on nature and the environment, and with 1.2 acres of land on site, our Recovery through Nature projects will provide a holistic approach to healing. Plus, staff amenities such as onsite bedrooms and a brand-new gym ensure a supportive and enriching work environment.

About Phoenix Futures

Join a legacy of over 50 years in providing rehabilitation services. At Phoenix Futures, we're committed to rebuilding capacity in the residential rehab sector across England and Scotland. Your dedication will contribute to our mission of delivering hope and transformation to individuals and families affected by addiction. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, and we value our history.

Read more about our history and guiding principles on our website here

Opening in Autumn 2024, we are seeking an exceptional individual to support the opening of a brand new Care Inspectorate registered residential rehabilitation service in West Aberdeenshire. You'll be supported by a charitable organisation with extensive experience in launching and managing top-tier registered care services.

Aligned with our vision of empowering individuals impacted by substance use and associated needs, we're collaborating with national and local partners to deliver safe and effective residential care services. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that every individual we support receives the highest quality of care and guidance.

About You

Are you ready to make a profound impact on people's lives? We're seeking an extraordinary person to support the success of our new residential rehab service. Your experience should include:

• Registered nurse with at least 3years post qualification experience, current and valid registration with the NMC and a legal right to work in the UK
• A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver high quality person-centred recovery services
• Demonstrable experience or interest in the addiction field
• A willingness to learn recovery principles and how these can be supported by clinicians
• A burning passion for creating positive change and improving lives

Your Rewards

• Starting salary of £35,500 with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increase
• 25 days annual leave (rising yearly + bank holidays), benefits package, and continuous training opportunities
• Access to employee assistance programs and wellbeing activities
• The chance to be part of a collaborative team dedicated to making a difference
• Potential relocation package if you are not in the area - get in touch to discuss

The Role

• Monday to Friday role
• To deliver responsive mental health interventions within the residential service and formulate appropriate aftercare plans and support; identifying individual, family and service needs through capacity assessments, monitoring tools, risk assessment and management plans (RAMPs) and ongoing recovery planning tools
• To support the therapeutic team with recovery planning processes, including assessing, planning and implementing various interventions whilst managing clients’ mental health needs. Contributing to and taking a lead role alongside managers in clinical meetings and handovers.
• To pro-actively consult and then assist in designing programmes responsive to individual and group needs in conjunction with the organisations Clinical Interventions Team. Offering a varied programme for example nutrition, sleep, anxiety management, exercise, behavioural and health & wellbeing interventions etc
• To develop therapeutic alliances with clients to support their individual recovery journeys, offering health promotion, harm reduction advice, screening and discharge planning
• Contribute to the service delivering a trauma informed care approach; with trauma resolution interventions
• To respond to clinical and medical emergencies, managing crisis as first line intervention and assessing risk and safeguarding concerns

The Service

Our state-of-the-art facility will offer 27 beds for individuals seeking transformative recovery journeys. With a focus on nature and the environment, and with 1.2 acres of land on site, our Recovery through Nature projects will provide a holistic approach to healing. Plus, staff amenities such as onsite bedrooms and a brand-new gym ensure a supportive and enriching work environment.

About Phoenix Futures

Join a legacy of over 50 years in providing rehabilitation services. At Phoenix Futures, we're committed to rebuilding capacity in the residential rehab sector across England and Scotland. Your dedication will contribute to our mission of delivering hope and transformation to individuals and families affected by addiction. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, and we value our history.

Read more about our history and guiding principles on our website here

The successful candidate who will be working in a team and will be responsible for delivering a service within a hospital setting.

The service will provide additional specialist support for engaging with individuals at risk of or presenting as homeless. The service will provide an assertive response to homelessness and crisis that may put a service users tenancy or safety at risk.

The aim of the service is to reduce homelessness presentations due to unmet needs of individuals with problematic substance misuse. To support and address issues pivotal in causing homelessness i.e. support access to mental health services, support for alcohol use and engaging with drug services etc.

The Dedicated Addictions Worker will also provide external training, giving an overview of the complexities of working with people with addictions, to local authority Housing Officers as well as non-housing staff and services.

The successful candidate will have experience of working within a caring environment, as well as within the addictions and housing sector. They will hold a relevant qualification in respect of this and can present and deliver training on Alcohol and other substances. They will have excellent organisation, communication and I.T. skills, and can demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative.

About Scottish Drugs Forum

Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is improving Scotland’s approach to drug-related issues.

Established in 1986, SDF is a membership-based organisation and a registered charity.

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 this exciting new position of Communications Worker to support our communication and information activity on a day-to-day basis.

About the role

This post offers key support to SDF’s communications activities as part of a small, dedicated communication team.

The post involves the production of regular communications to SDF members and other stakeholders including a mailing list of almost 4000 contacts. The role will be responsible for regular posting and engagement with social media; updating SDF’s online presence via websites; the production of video and still photography resources; support in marketing and delivering events including a programme of national conferences and webinars. The post also supports the production of SDF resources, recruitment of volunteers, trainee and permanent staff. The postholder will contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of SDF’s media and communication activity.

You will engage with a range of stakeholders including people who develop policy; people who design, commission, manage and deliver services for people who use drugs as well as people with lived and living experience of a drug problem. It also involves contributing to the design and production of communications and resources for this variety of audiences.

The role will include the development and editing of video and still image resources and support to online events. As part of a team, you will be supported to develop skills in these areas but should have enthusiasm and a demonstrable aptitude for this work.

Benefits

As an SDF employee you will benefit from generous annual leave entitlement, a range of learning and development opportunities, competitive pension contribution, enhanced sick pay and an employee support and counselling service. SDF encourage a healthy work life balance and also offer a flexible working scheme.

The successful candidate must be able and willing to work from home.

During the course of duties, you will be required to attend, or work from, the Glasgow office from time to time e.g. for the purposes of attending meetings, briefings or training. In addition, a home worker may be required, on reasonable notice, to work from the office during key points as required by the needs of the organisation.

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.

Visit SDF Jobs - Scottish Drugs Forum to view the job description.