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Gambling Engagement Practitioner

Gambling Engagement Practitioner

Service Care Solutions - Healthcare

Posted 9 days ago, valid for 5 days

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR4 6ST, England

£14,349 - £17.5 per week

Part Time

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Service Care Solutions is seeking candidates for the role of Gambling Engagement Practitioner with a Leading Gambling Support Charity.
The position offers an annual salary of £14,349 for 17.5 hours per week and requires candidates to have a minimum of level 4 qualification in a relevant field.
Candidates should possess experience working in multi-disciplinary settings, with vulnerable populations, and ideally with those affected by gambling harms or addictions.
The role involves providing advice and support to clients, facilitating referrals, and engaging with community partners to promote recovery.
This position promises great job satisfaction as you will be directly assisting individuals on their recovery journey.

Service Care Solutions are working with a Leading Gambling Support Charity to find great candidates to join their Service. This Gambling Support Charity has been running for a number of years and has helped support people with addictions, this including gambling addictions. They are looking for candidates who can adhere to the values. These values being Respect, Quality, Integrity, Partnership, Empowerment and Commitment. As a Gambling Engagement Practitioner it will be your role to provide advice and support to clients using the service and help them along their Recovery Journey. Annual Salary of £14349 for 17.5 hours per week. Main responsibilities and duties of a Gambling Engagement Practitioner

Facilitate referrals, provide advice / guidance, assessment, brief and structured interventions, and group programmes to individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling.
Provide advice and support to colleagues providing support to individuals about their gambling behaviour.
Engage key stakeholders, publicise the work of the service, and recruit community partners.
Provide advice, screening, brief and comprehensive assessments.
Develop and support a network of Community Champions for gambling related harm.
Maintain up to date knowledge of community services across designated areas, mapping the stakeholder landscape to identify key opportunities and organisations.

The Perfect Candidate for the Gambling Engagement Practitioner role will have the following experience

Working in a multi disciplinary setting / across multi-disciplinary teams
Working with vulnerable people
Experience of providing 1 – 1 interventions
Ideally, experience of working with those affected by Gambling Harms or any addiction.

Essential Criteria Candidates must hold a minimum level 4 qualification in a relevant field i.e. health and social care, social work, education, community, mental health, health promotion or equivalentand be capable of independent travel across the Tyne and Wear region.Benefits for working for this Charity

Great job satisfaction, you will be helping people on their recovery journey!
Shorter hours but this doesn't effect pay

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