Drug Education Coordinator (Scotland)

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The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm.  We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy We are recruiting a  Drugs Education Coordinator (Scotland)  to join our team. This role will involve the coordination and delivery of DSMF drug education in Scotland, based in the Grampian region, working with the Head of Education and Engagement and Director to develop provision regionally and more widely. Suitable candidates will: be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol have experience of developing and delivering drug and/or alcohol education in schools, colleges and/or the community have experience of working with young people, including a knowledge of substance use and its impacts have experience of project coordination, with excellent organisation skills be a skilled and effective communicator, both in writing and orally, with a wide range of people and agencies enjoy working remotely in a small and busy team
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