National Harm Reduction Lead

Job Introduction

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We have an exciting opportunity to join Turning Point as our new National Harm Reduction Lead. As a national health & social care provider, Turning Point supports people up and down the country who are experiencing issues or concerns around their substance use. Whilst we are inspired by possibility for everyone that we support and ambitious for people and their recovery journey, we believe that a strong foundation of harm reduction should underpin all our delivery. We have spent time over recent years, working with the previous post holder to extend our harm reduction offer and build our profile externally, show casing our expertise. We’re looking for someone who has a passion, drive and expertise around harm reduction to continue this work with us.

Role Responsibility

• To work across all substance use services to continue the development and implementation of Turning Point’s Harm Reduction strategy and ensure alignment to the wider organisation strategy
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to deliver robust harm reduction training (including overdose prevention, naloxone and needle/syringe provision) for colleagues, peers, service users and external agencies
• To increase and maximise the distribution of naloxone by all Turning Point services to service users in treatment and individuals accessing Needle/Syringe Provision, families & affected others and to include naloxone supply by Pharmacies, Police, partner agencies and the further develop our peer-to-peer naloxone distribution.
• To work with stakeholders to develop high quality evidence-based resources to-reduce drug deaths/harms, including leaflets, campaigns and digital resources/social media.
• To support the development of a vibrant harm reduction community and culture within Turning Point aimed at reducing drug related deaths/harms, in particular leadership of Turning Point’s national harm reduction forum.
• To develop close working relationships across Turning Point substance use services to support the implementation of new practices
• To keep abreast of evidence/trends/best practice relating to drug-related deaths/harms and ensure these are communicated to services as appropriate.
• To develop and utilise data collection to underpin TP’s harm reduction strategy, including the use and supply of naloxone and manage/monitor this to ensure it is used to improve practice.
• To build effective working alliances with external stakeholders and partners, to continue to build Turning Point’s external profile as an expert harm reduction provider and to support the overall response to drug deaths/harms through attending any stakeholder meetings, conferences or focus groups and presenting at national conferences
• To work in alliance with people of with living experience of using drugs, service user/family support groups, and others that may come into contact with people who use drugs to increase aware of drug deaths/harms and increase naloxone distribution.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Demonstrable leadership skills and flexible and adaptable leadership style;
• In depth understanding of the harm reduction and associated strategies;
• Excellent communication skills (verbal/written) including presenting;
• Ability to adapt to respond to colleague, commissioners/partners and people we support;
• Strong organisational, time management and prioritisation skills;

Desirable:

• Previous experience managing the implementation of project activity across Services;
• Ability to interpret and use data to improve performance

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 26 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees. Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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Attached documents

• National Harm Reduction Lead Role Profile June 2025.pdf