Course Tutor / Trainer
- Part time
- £34,512 – £36,765 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 2nd May 2025
- Advertised from 10th April 2025
- 52 hours per month - permanent. 2 x vacancies – one role will involve working Monday evenings, the other will involve working one weekend per month (your preference will be discussed at interview)
Role
2 x vacancies – one role will involve working Monday evenings, the other will involve working one weekend per month (your preference will be discussed at interview).
We understand that many will have other commitments outside of work and so flexible working, part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate.
About Us:
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.
Our mission is to provide evidence-based support to individuals, communities and government to improve health and wellbeing across Scotland.
The foundation of GCA is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us.
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire.
About the Role:
The Diploma in Integrative Counselling is a COSCA Validated 2 year part time course. 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 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 Course Tutor / Trainer will be embedded in one Diploma Class but will be expected to contribute to other classes when required and deliver COSCA skills courses and CPD training workshops when required.
Course Tutor / Trainers will be required to work evenings and weekends. Course Tutor / Trainers will also be assigned a specific class/cohort to work with.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate learning; delivering lectures, tutorials, experiential groups, supervision and observed skills practice feedback.
- Contribute to the creation of Diploma Policies and Procedures, including maintenance and updating of the course handbook.
- Create learning plans and appropriate materials in relation to both the Diploma and other COSCA course or CPD
- Attend Team Meetings/ Liaise with other Course Tutor / Trainers about course content & materials
- Issue pre course reading to students at regular intervals
- Engage with students via the Moodle forum on the learning support platform
- Hold responsibility for student welfare, offering 1:1 session to the students for whom the tutor is nominated personal tutor
- Mark and cross mark allocated assignments and provide written feedback, via Moodle and Turnitin
- Respond to correspondence by students via Moodle/email and ensure emails are checked and responded to on a weekly basis
- Share responsibility for monitoring content on Moodle, ensuring it has been updated for the class and ensuring materials in a variety of format are uploaded
- Keep adequate records, for example attendance, 1:1 recording, skills observation feedback, assignment extensions requests etc
- Assess students for fitness to practice and offer professional references in relation to placement, endorsement to practice and COSCA membership
- Support the Monitoring and evaluation of training
- Liaise with placement providers to ensure students can access opportunities in line with course requirements in liaison with the Lead Course Tutor
- Participate in the assessment interviews and intake of new students, liaising with the Head of Diploma and Training, Lead Course Tutors and Training Co-ordinator.
- Contribute to development of a CPD calendar, leading on aspects of planning and delivery
- Undertake any other duties as required by Head of Diploma and Training.
Qualifications and Experience :
- Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy
- Training qualification
- Accredited COSCA Diploma Trainer (or eligible to work towards this)
- Accredited COSCA/BACP/BABCP/UKCP
- Two Years Post qualified clinical experience
- Proven experience in education, training and delivering presentations.
- Proven experience in group working and enabling participation, partnership working preferable.
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage with groups of people across age ranges
- Presentation and team working skills
- Ability to develop and deliver a range of training programs and support resources
- Knowledge of addiction issues, Motivational interviewing and Alcohol Brief Intervention Techniques and Trauma and trauma informed approaches
- Commitment to working in line with GCA’s values of collaboration, respect and empathy
- Ability to work proactively with strong self-direction and motivation.
Why Join Us?
- Your work will contribute to make a real difference to people’s lives.
- Competitive salary and benefits package :
- Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases with length of service.
- Duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- And much more!
- Opportunities for continuous learning and career development.
- A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued
Application notes
Interested candidates are invited to apply by completing the online application form which can be found here:
glasgowcouncilonalcohol.livevacancies.co.uk/#/job/details/3
If you require our application form in another format, please contact HR@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org
The following is the timescale for the process :
Closing date for applications : 5pm Friday 2nd May 2025
Shortlisting : Thursday 15th May 2025
Date of interviews : Wednesday 28th May 2025
Start date : August 2025
Ayrshire Council on Alcohol provides a free, specialist, confidential alcohol counselling and recovery service to individuals (whether they wish to stop drinking or reduce the amount that they drink) and their families.
We are looking for a counsellor who is passionate about supporting individuals & their families who live in East & South Ayrshire in their recovery.
Applicants should possess COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills, a counselling qualification or be an accredited Alcohol Counsellor and supervised post qualifying counselling experience (paid or voluntary) IS ESSENTIAL.
Training & support will be provided to the right candidate should they not have experience of counselling those affected by alcohol and/or drug use however, the successful candidate will have a strong desire to work with individuals concerned about their own or a loved one’s drinking.
Some evening work may be required to meet the needs of the service.
A full UK driving licence and access to a car is essential.
The preferred candidate will need to become a member of the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update.
Recovery Coordinator
- Full time or Part time
- £27,861 – £32,002
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 14th May 2025
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?
Do you want to make a difference?
As a Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.
We are looking for enthusiastic Recovery Coordinators to join our team focused on helping individuals mitigate the impacts of drug use. We have two fixed-term positions available for 21 months: a full-time role (37.5 hours/week) and a part-time role (30 hours/week).
In this position, Recovery Coordinators will collaborate with clients to create personalised recovery plans, provide resources on safer drug use, facilitate access to health services, distribute harm reduction supplies, and support those seeking recovery.
Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of addiction, excellent communication skills, and a compassionate approach to client care. If you're motivated to make a positive impact in people's lives, we invite you to apply.
About the role:
- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
- Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
- Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
- Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
- Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc
About you:
- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
- Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
What we will give to you:
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us(allocated pro rata).
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme
Recovery Worker - PING
- Full time
- £25,006 – £26,631
- On site: Ayr (covering South Ayrshire)
- Closing 7th May 2025
RecoveryAyr are seeking to recruit a proactive and passionate Recovery Worker who will have a specific focus on supporting people involved with the justice system. The post holder will continue to develop the PING (Peoples Involvement Network Group), by providing a range of groups and social activities to support ongoing recovery, including supporting individuals returning to the community from prison. The post holder will also ensure the voices and experiences of individuals involved with justice services are collected and considered as part of ongoing service improvement activities, recognising that there is much to be gained from people with ‘lived experience’ of the justice system.
The post holder will be based with a staff team of lived experience workers, who have wide range of experience providing support for individuals and families affected by alcohol, drugs or involved with justice services.
A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.
- would you like to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the east ayrshire single point of access service (SPOA) as the first point of contact to support individuals & their families into recovery?
- have you some experience of working with individuals and / or their families affected by alcohol/drug use & are an empathic & compassionate person?
- do you have excellent verbal & written communication skills, an svq level 3 in health & social care (or eqivalent) & a full uk driving licence with access to a car?
If so, this could be the role for you.
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