Job Description
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 paul.rimmer@servicecare.org.uk