Pathways to Employment: Your guide to a career in substance use services
This toolkit brings a range of information and support together into one resource for people with lived and living experience of substance use looking to pursue careers in the drug and alcohol sector.
Welcome to ‘Pathways to Employment: Your Guide to a Career in Substance Use Services’
This toolkit is for people with lived, or living, experience of substance use who might be considering working to help others with similar issues. Your experiences can bring immense value, and this toolkit will show you how you can prepare to start working in this rewarding area.
Starting work can be exciting but you might be unsure whether it is right for you. This toolkit will help you understand your options, the skills you might need and help you find the support you might need to succeed. Whether you are just starting to think about a job or already looking for work, this toolkit can support you throughout your journey.
Your experience is valuable. It helps you connect with others and provide them with hope. By sharing your story and helping others, you can bring compassion and understanding to this important work and support Scotland’s National Mission to reduce deaths and harms associated with drug and alcohol use and improve lives.
For clarity, and for the purposes of this document, when we hereafter refer to “people with lived experience” we mean anyone with either lived, or living, experience of substance use.