Job Title: Gambling Treatment Practitioner
Full time: 35 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Glasgow Office based G1
Salary: Circa £26,000 – dependent on experience
Closing date for applications: 9am 12 January 2023
Interviews will take place online via video conference – 18 & 20 January 2023
About Us
Founded in 1997, GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.
The Role
This is a great opportunity to join GamCare as we are in a position to appoint a Gambling Treatment Practitioner with qualifications or experience in health or social care, and an empathic style to enable people to change their behaviour through skilled intervention.
Crucially, you will ensure that psychosocial, and recovery support interventions are delivered as part of cohesive recovery plan while working collaboratively with external and partner organisations to achieve positive outcomes for service users.
You will be working with problem gamblers and others affected by problem gambling to support them in reaching their recovery goals.
We are looking for an individual to work full-time which will currently include 4 days 9-5pm and 1 day 12-8pm per week (fixed day), Monday to Friday and potentially occasional Saturdays (9-2pm) but negotiable.
About you
Are you passionate about supporting others to make positive changes in their lives? Do you want to make a difference by providing support and interventions to people experiencing gambling related harms?
If this sounds like you, and you would like to be part of a committed, dynamic, and highly supportive team, providing exceptional support to those whose lives are impacted by gambling, then we would love to hear from you!
You should have significant experience in individual client work in the field of addictions, mental health or a social care setting with adults or young people. You should be flexible in using a range of low and high-intensity interventions and modalities including Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) tools.
The successful candidate would live at a reasonable distance from GamCare office due to expectations of working from the office when required.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing face to face and online advice, assessment, brief or structured interventions and group programmes to help clients achieve their recovery goals
- Providing case management and working within an integrated care pathway
- Ensuring safeguarding issues are managed effectively.
- Provide advice and information to people affected by Gambling harms
- Undertake screening, triage and comprehensive assessments of needs with individuals and families and couples
- Provide recovery oriented brief, extended brief, and longer-term structured psychosocial interventions to people affected by Gambling harms using motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural approaches
- Facilitate group-based programmes
- Engage with potential stakeholders to support referral pathways
Benefits You Can Enjoy
- 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum including bank holidays which increases with service
- A generous Pension Scheme – we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%.
- Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service.
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- We also have a vibrant and diverse event calendar full of monthly initiatives and webinars to support the ongoing physical and mental wellbeing of our people.
This post requires a PVG check.
GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.
PLEASE FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM SENT TO YOUR EMAIL TO COMPLETE APPLICATION
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Support Worker, Carer, Health Care Assistant, Home Care Worker, Care Support Worker, Residential Care Worker, Carer, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, Social Carer, Enabler, Care Worker, Support Assistant, Care Helper, Care Assist, Healthcare Assistant, Residential Care Support, Social Care, Care Manager, NVQ2, Care Coordinator, Home Care Coordinator may also be considered for this role.
