Gambling Practitioner

Gambling Practitioner role based in Tyne and Wear

Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £28,700 per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent 
Bonus: £250 referral bonus & £250 new starter bonus

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.
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

Essential Requirements

• 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-centred practice

Additional Information

• 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

Bonuses

• £250 referral bonus for successful candidate referrals
• £250 new starter bonus upon joining the organisation

If you are passionate about supporting recovery and making a real difference in people’s lives, we would welcome your application.

Please apply via the job advert or by sending your updated CV to Paul.Rimmer@servicecare.org.uk