HH24/196, Flexible Assistant Project Worker
Job ref: HH24/196
Job ref: HH24/196 Post: Flexible Assistant Project Worker
Hours per week: Various (minimum of 7.5 hours per month)
Rate of pay: £12 Per Hour + Company Benefits
Contract terms: Permanent
Closing Date: 31 Jan 2025 23:59
Our Service
The Tayside IEP (Harm Reduction) Service is Hillcrest Futures’ service for adults who use substances. This service operates in partnership with NHS and other key stakeholders in Dundee and Perth offering access to specialist Harm Reduction interventions. The Harm Reduction Service is an open access, confidential service that provides sterile injecting equipment as well as access to overdose awareness, Take Home Naloxone and Blood Borne Virus testing and treatment.
The Role
The Assistant Project Worker role will include:
* Providing one-to-one support delivering clean injecting equipment and associated paraphernalia to individuals who inject drugs in Dundee and Perth;
* Supporting with education around prevention of Blood Borne Viruses and overdose;
* Delivering key interventions around safer injecting and offer alternatives to injecting whilst carrying out assessments of injecting risk to minimise overdose and address contributing behaviours.
You Will
* Be educated to SVQ2 or equivalent or willing to work towards this;
* Be self-motivated and able to work under your own initiative;
* Have experience of working with people on a one-to-one basis as well as experience of working within a multi-agency team;
* Have good written and verbal communication skills;
Company Benefits:
* Pension Scheme
* Flexible Working Patterns
* Comprehensive Health and Well-being Package
* Free access to on-line discounts for well-known retailers
* Death in Service Benefit (up to three times your salary)
* Cycle to Work Scheme (great savings from 25% - 39% on bikes and accessories)
* Tech Scheme (great savings of up to 12% on computers or laptops)
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