Crew seeks to reduce harm from stimulant drug taking and improve public health, working with people who take drugs and a wide range of local, national and international partners.

As a Drop in Services Project Worker you’ll provide low-threshold, non-judgemental advice, information and support about stimulant drugs and sexual health in a busy, public drop-in environment, facilitating opportunities for peer education for young people aged 12-25 as well as dealing with queries from the general public, working with Crew’s volunteer peer educators.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate and supervise daily activities and volunteers in the Drop-in shop, including weekly Saturday openings 1-5PM
• Provision of Brief Intervention support work with young people around drug taking
• Assist in measuring the impact of the Drop-in service by daily data collecting and supporting the Drop-in Services Coordinator in analysing and reporting
• Ability to take a pro-active role in service development and capitalise on new opportunities, while prioritising agreed targets
• Provide Take Home Naloxone training, C:Card services, pregnancy testing and blood-borne virus (BBV) testing
• Responsibility for cleanliness of the Drop-in
• Responsibility for regular stock taking and recording, and ordering supplies
• Assist in maintaining Drop-in volunteer shift rota and securing volunteers to take up shifts
• Provision of regular 1-2-1 support and supervision of volunteers
• Assist the Drop-in Services Coordinator to plan and help run forums, sub committees and other meetings with the volunteer team
• Assist with the advance planning and publicity of volunteer social events
• Help to deliver induction and Continuing Professional Development training for volunteers alongside the Drop-in and wider Crew teams
• Maintain contact and communication with the Crew staff team, contributing to and attending fortnightly whole Crew team meetings, Drop-in team meetings and other meetings as required
• Attend regular support and supervision meetings with your line manager
• Support the work of Crew in covering any reasonable request. Any request that becomes a regular activity will be added to your task description in negotiation with you.

Based in Cockburn Street, Edinburgh you will work twenty-four hours over Mon-Saturday as arranged, including each weekly Friday and Saturday 1-5pm.  Some evening work will also be required.

The closing date for applications is midday Monday 22 September.