Health Improvement Practitioner

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Turning Point
Applications closing date: 09/05/2024
Location
Hammersmith & Fulham, United Kingdom
Job Type
Category
Closing Date
2024/05/09
Job Salary
£26,324 + LW
Region
Greater London

Description

At Turning Point we support people with substance use issues across the country.

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Hammersmith & Fulham doing a highly rewarding job.

Turning Point’s drug & alcohol services are currently expanding during a really exciting time in the sector with new funding and investment, with additions of Smoking Cessation support within service provisions. We have a range of roles for people passionate about supporting others to make change. We have roles in different teams including:

  • Community based treatment services: providing assessment, coordinating treatment and working partnership to support individuals. The roles include delivering structured psycho-social interventions in group and one to level to enable our service users to acquire thinking skills and behaviours to make lasting change.
  • Homeless outreach provision: Targeting homeless individuals, offering a flexible and outreach response to highly vulnerable individuals sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation.
  • Criminal Justice rehabilitation/recovery services:  working closely with the Probation Services, Prisons and Police to provide a rapid, tailored response to individuals that support their recovery and rehabilitation.
  • To work as part of the health promotion team in the delivery of smoking cessation interventions to effectively reduce the smoking prevalence and meet the need of identified groups in the community.
  • To assist in delivering Turning Point’s Public Health and Substance Use (PHSU) strategy within a multi-disciplinary service which reflects our person-centred values and the high level of ambition we have both for the people we support and the development of our own teams.

As a Health Improvement Practitioner, we offer a starting salary of £26,324 rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £30,794 + £3,633 ILW. (Dependent on experience you may be offered a starting salary above the initial starting salary).

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

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