Senior Public Health Practitioner – Substance Misuse and Alcohol

Location: Sunderland SR13AA

Reference number: SCS118

Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.

Start Date: Required ASAP

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Jan 2025 with the possibility for extension for 37 hours a week

Salary: Up to £29 per hour via umbrella

Responsibilities:

A new exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior Public health Practitioner with extensive knowledge and experience with substance Misuse and alcohol in Sunderland.

A relevant degree level qualification, supplemented by public health, health improvement or public health commissioning improvement knowledge, acquired through training, courses and or experience and continuing professional development.

The postholder will provide public health expertise on substance misuse and alcohol within the Council, partner organisations and the wider health and social care system. The postholder will be expected to lead on the commissioning, development and implementation of an agreed range of public health programmes relating to substance misuse and alcohol and plan, monitor, evaluate and respond to need ensuring prevention and early intervention is embedded across the local system.

To provide specialist public health leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating substance misuse and alcohol public health programmes to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across the life course. To lead on development of multi-agency and integrated population, community, family and individual level primary, secondary and tertiary substance misuse and alcohol prevention programmes working across council departments, organisations, partnerships, and communities. Responsible for the substance misuse and alcohol budget. This includes commissioning/ performance management of the adult substance misuse service, oversight of the Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG), inpatient detox, rehab placements and Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Provide specialist public health leadership on areas such as reducing drug related deaths, alcohol licensing, Balance Northeast and attending the Northeast Drug and Alcohol Leads Network and any ad-hoc regional meetings.

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