Salary: £34,000 per annum
Contract: 35 hrs per week, permanent contract
Are you passionate about making a tangible difference in people's lives?
Providence Row is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Needle Exchange & Harm Reduction Coordinator to join our vibrant team. With a focus on community well-being and safety, this role is your chance to contribute meaningfully to harm reduction services in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Key responsibilities
- Lead on the delivery of a busy Needle Exchange & Harm Reduction Service
- Manage the needle exchange inventory, which includes taking regular stock, organising incoming deliveries of relevant supplies, and ensuring all supplies are stored safely.
- Lead on Naloxone distribution and training to service users, internal and external services and the community
- Manage existing relationships (eg. BBV team, medical services, wound care) and emerging ones relevant to the role and explore new potential partners.
Coordinate the safe return of used equipment - Manage the needle exchange room, ensuring it is kept to Health and Safety Standards set by the commissioning body.
- Ensure policies, procedures, and quality control are in place for all service users, staff, and volunteers when carrying out the Needle Exchange.
The ideal candidate
We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is keen to play a crucial role in delivering a non-judgemental, non-coercive needle exchange service that centres each person’s own goals in regard to their substance use and overall wellness.
- You will have experience of delivering harm reduction and needle exchanges as well as an excellent knowledge of substance use.
- This experience can be paid or unpaid and lived experience of accessing these services is also valued.
- You should have expertise in engaging people through a low threshold service and a strong understanding of how other factors such as rough sleeping can impact a person’s health and wellbeing.
- You will live out Providence Row’s values in your approach to your work, as well as abide by the Consensus Statement on Best Practice, as published by NNEF (National Needle Exchange Forum) and UK Harm Reduction Alliance (UKHRA).
About us
Providence Row works with more than a thousand homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in East London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, substance use & alcohol support and employment and training advice. Our aim is to ensure that people who are so often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice. These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.
Benefits
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Employee assistance programme
- Monthly reflective practice
- Wide range of learning & development opportunities
To apply: Please upload your CV with a covering letter, detailing how you meet the job specification by Friday 30 August 2024 at 23:30. CV’s without a covering letter will not be considered
Research shows some people, especially women and marginalised groups, may hesitate to apply unless they match all the criteria. However, we want to assure everyone that we encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of whether they fulfil every point in the job description. Your unique perspective matters to us – please apply with confidence.
Interviews
Please note that we may interview on a rolling basis and therefore encourage early applications.
Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.
Job description - Needle Exchange & Harm Reduction Coordinator