We have a unique opportunity for someone to lead our Drug & Alcohol services across five community localities and one residential detox ward.

AWP provide clinical community drug & alcohol services to Dorset, Bournemouth, B&NES, South Glos and Bristol. The post holder will be responsible for managing these services, liaising with various local Third sector and Local Authority commissioners to ensure these services deliver to the performance and quality required.

This portfolio also includes responsibility for the management of Acer ward based at Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

There is a large degree of autonomy within the role and the post holder should relish the opportunity to develop and improve these services.

Additionally, due to an uplift in public health funding, the post holder will be responsible for implementing a number of exciting new projects over the forthcoming months. You will ensure that these projects, are delivered, monitored and evaluated to demonstrate optimum benefit for the service users.

The teams consist of a number of health professionals including nurses, non medical prescribers, psychologists and addiction psychiatrists.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Lecturer in Drug and Alcohol Studies to join the Contemporary Drug and Alcohol Studies (CDAS) programme within the School of Education and Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland.

The School of Education and Social Sciences is a multi-discipline School, and the successful candidate will work with colleagues to support positive results in attainment, student experience and graduate destinations. They will possess developed capabilities in collaborative working and be committed to high professional standards in all areas of responsibility. The post offers an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain experience of working in a rich academic environment that recognises quality in education, research and enterprise, and international engagement.

80 people are dying every day from alcohol across the UK – and the UK Government is not doing enough to stop this. Join our small but mighty team to help drive change and improve the lives of people affected by alcohol.

Smart Thinking is looking for a Policy and Advocacy Manager to lead our campaigns across a range of topics and get the UK Government to take action on alcohol harm. Our work has never been more urgent: the Covid-19 pandemic has caused more high-risk drinking, greater health inequalities, and increased pressures on families affected by alcohol. Alcohol deaths rose to record levels during 2020.

Purpose of Role
You will be leading on campaigning and policy activities for the Alcohol Health Alliance. You will identify opportunities to influence policy development and legislation, get Parliamentarians and other stakeholders to take action in support of our campaign priorities, and engage our supporters and AHA members to generate even greater impact. 

It is an exciting and varied role that cuts across public affairs, campaigns and policy work. You will be working on a range of alcohol harm related policy areas, including some of the biggest social and political issues of the day such as addiction, health inequalities, marketing, domestic abuse, homelessness, and the influence of business in setting government policy.

As Alcohol Change UK's Fundraising & Engagement Assistant, you will be joining a small but perfectly-formed team of three. You’ll be able to enjoy working across multiple types of fundraising, and you’ll be involved in our innovative engagement programme, including supporting our volunteers. You will be responsible for maintaining the team’s data to an excellent standard and working with colleagues to ensure that the charity’s supporters have an outstanding experience. 

You will be brilliantly organised, with great attention to detail and a willingness to take on a wide variety of tasks. If you like doing the same thing every day, this job is not for you. You’ll also be a warm and friendly communicator, sensitive to our stakeholders and a great team player

This opening is for the position of a Senior Data Analyst for the Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics. The Senior Data Analyst will work as part of our productive, collaborative team at the University of Pittsburgh. For over ten years, our team has been dedicated to conducting high-quality implementation, evaluation, and research work across Pennsylvania and the United States.

The incumbent will conduct data management, data analysis, and the interpretation of data analyses on physical and behavioural health care data and interventions that address opioid use disorder and other emerging issues. 

This 2-year Research Fellow position is to support a mid-career researcher to develop their addiction research credentials, working directly with Professor Strang and colleagues on human experimental studies of opioid addiction and/or associated complications, in order to become an increasingly influential research academic contributing to study of opioids (or other drugs) and to evolution of addictions science and public policy in this area. 

It is anticipated that the applicant will, during the course of their time as a Research Fellow, develop to a level where they are capable of securing, in collaboration with senior colleagues, new grant income with their appointment acting as a platform from which they can develop further in the addictions field.

The new Research Fellow will be expected to have undertaken post-doctoral study and research within the Addictions field already (or in an area with direct relevance), as evidenced by published research output. The appointee will work directly with Professor Sir John Strang and his colleagues, exploring treatment-related and experimental research studies which will include (i) study of heroin overdose and its prevention and reversal, including experimental study with drug administration in clinical and non-clinical volunteer participants, (ii) experimental studies of protective benefit conferred by initiation onto treatments, (iii) study of out-of-treatment as well as treatment populations with addiction/substance use problems.  

This 2-year Research Fellow position is to support a mid-career researcher to develop their addiction research credentials, working directly with Professor Strang and colleagues on population studies of opioid addiction and/or associated complications, especially of non-treatment samples, in order to become an increasingly influential research academic contributing to study of opioids (or other drugs) and to evolution of addictions science and public policy in this area. 

It is anticipated that the applicant will, during the course of their time as a Research Fellow, develop to a level where they are capable of securing, in collaboration with senior colleagues, new grant income with their appointment acting as a platform from which they can develop further in the addictions field. 

The new Research Fellow will be expected to have undertaken post-doctoral study and research within the Addictions field already (or in an area with direct relevance), as evidenced by published research output. The appointee will work directly with Professor Sir John Strang and his colleagues, exploring population studies which will include (a) study of out-of-treatment as well as treatment populations with addiction/substance use problems and (b) study of impact and influences of external events or remotely delivered interventions

This role is for a qualitative researcher based at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College as part of a research team that is based in three sites (London, Leeds/Huddersfield, Scotland). The post-holder will have responsibility for work in London with some responsibility to support and work with with a Research Assistant  based at the University of Huddersfield and to communicate effectively with the team in Stirling.  This is a longitudinal study that has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research, ‘Evaluating Models of care, best practice and care pathways for drug dependent women and their infants, from preconception to 18 months postnatal’ or the Stepping Stones Study.  The study is jointly led by Dr Polly Radcliffe at the National Addiction Centre, KCL and Professor Helen Cheyne of the Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit at the University of Stirling.   

The Opportunity

The Database Coordinator role will optimise ongoing data collection, management, enrichment, of ambulance data conducted by the Eastern Health Clinical School’s National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit.

This role involves collaboration with senior staff at Turning Point, external data custodians, as well as communicating in lay terms to other Turning Point staff to maintain these databases and provide data for analysis, reporting in a timely manner.

The Database Coordinator will be responsible for data integration and migration, coordinating with users and administrators to determine common needs and functions, writing database manuals and determining data organisational methods. This position is also required to provide training to database administrators and users in technical and lay terms as required.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

A job is offered in the Mental Health and Addictions clinic, in the city of Concepción, Chile, for psychologists, with training and professional experience as a family and couples therapist.

The position is for 22 or 33 hrs / week and includes direct work with patients, participation in clinical meetings with other team members, support to the team in group and psychoeducational therapies with patients and their families, as well as participation in bibliographic meetings and supervision of students in practice from different universities in the area.

It is expected of him or the interested party, motivation for work in the area of addictions, ability to work as a team, responsibility and commitment to our project in the long term, which has already been 7 years of development and consists of a team made up of 30 professionals in the area.

Those who wish to apply, please write to cgbeta@gmail.com, with a copy to finanzas@sepya.cl, sending your Curriculum Vitae and a brief letter explaining your reasons for wanting to apply for this job.

Employment is offered at the Mental Health and Addiction Clinic in the city of Concepción, Chile, for psychiatrists, with training and/or professional experience working with patients suffering from addictions and, ideally, also working with patients with other complex mental pathologies.

The position is 22 hours per week and includes working directly with patients, participating in clinical meetings with other team members, working in clinical program management and supporting the group team and psychoeducational therapies with patients and their families, as well as participating in bibliographic meetings and supervising students in practice from different universities in the region.

It is expected of him or the interested party, motivation to work in this field, ability to work as a team, responsibility and commitment to our long-term project, which already has 7 years of development and is composed of a team composed of 30 professionals in the field.

Those who wish to apply, write to cgbeta@gmail.com, with a copy for finanzas@sepya.cl

Applications are invited for the position of Research Assistant in the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit at University College London. The successful applicant will work on CANN-TEEN, a UK Medical Research Council funded project aiming to answer the question, “How does cannabis use affect teenagers’ brains, cognitive function and psychological well-being?” This is an excellent opportunity for a research assistant to play a role in a challenging and important project. The project is in its latter stages. Therefore, the main responsibilities of the successful applicant will be to complete data management, data entry, data pre-processing, close the study and help with statistical analyses.

The post-holder will be based within the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit and expected to contribute to the team's activities.

Imperial College London is looking for a Research Associate to join Imperial Colleges’ School of Public Health.

You will be based within the Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London.

This research project Harnessing Secondary Data to Assess Youth Uptake of E-cigarettes is funded by Cancer Research UK. It will assess the extent and potential drivers of youth e-cigarette uptake by exploiting a range of secondary data and analytic techniques. It will involve analyses of a range of routinely available data sources from the UK to assess transitions into and out of e-cigarette use, use of tobacco, and factors behind this.

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Tobacco Control for a period of 12 months to contribute to a Cancer Research UK funded study entitled ‘Neighbourhood differentials in tobacco pricing across England, Wales and Scotland’. The study has been developed in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield.

The successful applicant will also play an active role in a UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Consortium – SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) www.UKCTAS.net/SPECTRUM. SPECTRUM has an ambitious programme of research, knowledge exchange and public engagement focusing on the commercial determinants of health relating to tobacco, alcohol and food.

Funded by Scottish Government, FAAST is an expert resource in prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), and has a national remit for teaching, consultancy and research. The FAAST Training Officer will take a lead role in organising training events including the cascade of a “train the trainer” initiative, contribute to the development of training and competency frameworks in FASD and lead on training product promotion, evaluation and reporting.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Degree or equivalent qualification, or significant experience in relevant roles
• An ability to create and develop new and engaging courses and learning materials relevant to FASD
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate others
• Experience in service delivery and/or course delivery to professionals, ideally professionals in health/social care sectors
• Proven organisational, analytical and problem-solving abilities

This position is located in the UNODC Country Office in Colombia (COCOL) with duty station in Bogota, Division for Operations (DO) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Colombia Office (UNODC).

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision and substantive guidance of the Senior Programme Officer coordinating the Alternative Development Programme.

Within assigned authority, the Associate Project Officer (Alternative Development) will mainly provide assistance in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of an alternative development project in the department of Putumayo. S/he will contribute to the commercialization component of that project.
 

This position is located in the Programme Office in Côte d’Ivoire (POCIV) with duty station in Abidjan, and operates under the Regional Office for West and Central Africa (ROSEN), Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Regional Representative of the Regional Office for West and Central Africa and the overall guidance of the Deputy Director, Division for Operations on matters related to the African Development Bank.

The incumbent will also work in consultation with, and taking technical guidance from, the Chief of the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch (OCB), in close coordination with the Chief of the Regional Section for Africa and the Middle East (RSAME), based at UNODC headquarters in Vienna. 
 

This position is located in the Regional Section for Latin America and the Caribbean (RSLAC), Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. The incumbent will report to the Chief of the Section.

Within limits of assigned authority, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following specific duties: 

•Serve as focal point for designated countries/UNODC Field Offices in the LAC region.

•Provide policy advice and technical support and backstopping, including on office operations, management and administrative matters and Umoja-related issues, to Field Offices in the LAC region.

•Contribute to the preparation of the necessary office, programme or project documents and reports, such as progress reports, work plans, budget, programme and performance reports. 

•Support and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects in the LAC region, in line with the overall strategies and policies of UNODC and in full compliance with its technical and operational guidelines.

•Identify problems and issues related to implementation of projects/programmes, initiate corrective actions and ensure timely follow-up actions.

•Participate in needs assessment and other technical missions, where necessary, to evaluate and elaborate technical assistance proposals with cooperating governments, international funding institutions (IFIs), UN agencies, non-governmental and/or civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs).

•Contribute to fund-raising in relation to crime, drug and terrorism-related projects and programmes by preparing, in coordination with the relevant Filed Offices and thematic sections/units, the materials required and by participating in donor meetings; building support for cost-sharing contributions from the Governments, identifying other alternative funding sources for UNODC projects and activities, etc.; coordinate the reporting on project progress and financial situation, and liaise with UNODC fund-raisers, donors and potential partners regularly.

•Provide substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., including by proposing agenda topics, identifying participants and preparing documents and presentations.

•Undertake outreach activities; conduct capacity-building workshops and seminars, as required; make presentations on implementation and progress of the projects as well as other related topics/activities.

•Liaise on substantive and management issues with counterparts in UN and UNODC, both in Vienna and in the field, officials of other organizations and specialized agencies; follow up on the UNODC decisions, issues and documentation with their officials.

•Liaise with Permanent Missions in Vienna on issues related to UNODC’s presence and action in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

•Coordinate the timely drafting and submission of briefing notes, background papers and analytical outputs requested by UNODC’s senior management and related to UNODC’s presence and role in the countries covered.

•Organize and prepare written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc. Organize and coordinate the preparation of and draft/consolidate the reports to the Constituencies and other legislative and technical bodies as well as their subsidiary bodies (CND, CCPCJ, ECOSOC, GA).

•Brief external stakeholders, including government, civil society organizations, UN agencies, and the public in general, on UNODC's mandate, work, policies and strategies as well as carry out relevant advocacy efforts.

•Carry out the review, monitoring and analysis of social, economic and political developments and trends in the assigned drugs and /or crime-related areas at the national and /or regional level in the assigned geographical area. 

•Perform other work-related duties as may be assigned.

Funded by Scottish Government, FAAST is an expert resource in prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), and has a national remit for teaching, consultancy and research. The post-holders will join this small team to progress an innovative research programme which includes multiple projects in service of developing a national evidence base to inform policy and service developments relating to FASD in Scotland.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Commitment to engage in research which aids in the prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and supports the development of appropriate services for those with FASD
• Established track record of independent research while meeting project and reporting deadlines
• Confidence in applying appropriate quantitative research methods and statistical analysis
• Enthusiasm to participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working (including across health, social care and voluntary sector) to support individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure
• Interest in contributing to FAAST’s broader remit across parallel work streams in teaching and consultancy

An experienced and highly motivated individual is required to coordinate public and community involvement, engagement and participation for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) National Priorities Programme in mental health, including children and young people. The aim of the programme is to catalyse and evaluate the co-produced implementation of high impact, evidence-based mental health interventions, at key stages of the life course, supra-regionally or nationally within 3 years. 

The post-holder will bring their research and project management skills to coordinate public and community involvement, engagement and participation.  

The post holder will work closely with the PCIEP lead and with each of the programme’s work streams to ensure PCIEP is embedded at all levels. The post holder will also work closely with the programme’s bespoke consortium (the ‘Mental Health Implementation Network’ [MHIN]) of key cross-disciplinary, cross-sector, government, NGO, clinical, commissioner, academic, service users, carers, members of the public and communities (PCIEP) stakeholders in co-producing and delivering key aspects of the programme and to establish effective ways of involving the consortium in the programme’s 5 workstreams (WS).

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