Do you want to play a fundamental role in supporting people and helping to reduce drug related harm in Fife? If you can work collaboratively, and are committed to supporting service users, assessing risk and creating a safer community, this could be your perfect role.
Our Fife Harm Reduction service works with people across Fife to reduce drug related harms. We operate from a fixed site in Leven and provide outreach across The Kingdom. We offer a range of services including access to sterile injecting equipment, safer injecting advice and information, safer drug use advice. overdose prevention, Naloxone provision, BBV testing and assertive linkage into other services
We are looking for Specialist Harm Reduction Workers who will work both within our fixed site in Leven and deliver outreach interventions in the Community.
The Specialist Harm Reduction Worker role is key to the delivery of an integrated service through the provision of assessment, planning, appropriate referral, support, care co-ordinations and interventions. You will carry out assessments, as required and make appropriate onward referrals to specialist agencies, applying effective partnership working to deliver continuity of care.
Your organisation skills will assist you in, providing structured brief harm reduction interventions and/or other psychosocial and pharmacotherapy interventions. Key to the role is the ability to assess and manage risk, ensuring a safe and appropriate environment for all through active risk prevention, give advice on health and social wellbeing in both group and one to one settings.
Your collaborative working skills will enable you to effectively co-produce, monitor and review recovery care plans, and you will record and maintain service user statistics/data/case notes. If you have the drive to support services and interventions to make a real difference in the lives of those struggling with drug and alcohol related harm, we’d love to hear from you.
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