Recovery Specialist
28 days ago
Tynemouth
We are recruiting a Gambling Practitioner to join our specialist service supporting individuals, families, and communities affected by gambling-related harm. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate professional to deliver recovery-focused, evidence-based interventions within a community-facing service. Hours: 35 hours per week Salary: £28,700 per annum Contract: Full time, Permanent Bonus: £250 referral bonus & £250 new starter bonus About the Role The Gambling Practitioner will facilitate referrals, deliver assessments, and provide a range of brief, structured, and group-based interventions to individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling. The role also involves working collaboratively with partners, promoting the service, and supporting community-based approaches to reducing gambling harms. Key Responsibilities • Facilitate referrals into the service and provide screening, brief and comprehensive assessments, • Deliver a stepped-care approach including:, • Brief and extended brief interventions, • One-to-one guidance, advice, and support, • Relapse prevention programmes, • Mutual aid and recovery self-help groups, • Recovery courses and aftercare, • Develop and review recovery-oriented care plans using evidence-based approaches such as Motivational Interviewing (MI), CBT-informed interventions, and the Five Step Model, • Encourage engagement with peer support, recovery forums, and guided self-help resources, • Build and maintain effective working relationships with partner agencies including mental health services, housing, debt advice, criminal justice, and voluntary sector organisations, • Deliver training, awareness sessions, and brief advice to professionals and community groups, • Support the development of a network of Community Champions to raise awareness of gambling-related harm, • Provide advice and guidance to colleagues working with gambling clients, • Manage a caseload in line with agreed targets and KPIs, • Maintain accurate and timely records in line with data protection, safeguarding, and clinical governance requirements, • Contribute to service monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, • NQF Level 4 (or above) qualification in a relevant field (e.g. Health and Social Care, Counselling, or similar), • Experience working with individuals with complex needs, ideally within addictions, mental health, or psychosocial support services, • Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and working within governance frameworks, • Ability to deliver one-to-one and group-based interventions, • Strong communication, engagement, and partnership-working skills, • Commitment to recovery-oriented and person-centered practice, • This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, • All staff are expected to work in line with organisational values, policies, and professional standards, • Ongoing supervision, training, and professional development are provided If you are passionate about supporting recovery and making a real difference in people’s lives, we would welcome your application. Please contact