Pathways to Employment: supporting people with lived and living experience of substance use in to work
This toolkit brings together best practice and support into one place to provide employers and employment support providers advice on how to attract, recruit and support staff with lived experience of substance use.
Introduction to ‘Pathways to Employment: Supporting people with lived and living experience of substance use in to work’
Delivery of Scotland’s National Mission on Drugs Deaths requires a skilled and resilient workforce. It is vital that people with lived experience of substance use form a key part of this workforce. This toolkit provides practical guidance for employers to create inclusive workplaces and support meaningful employment opportunities for people on their recovery journey. Whilst this toolkit is designed for employers in the substance use sector, it can benefit any organisation hiring individuals with lived experience of substance use.
Covering key stages of the employment journey, this toolkit addresses the barriers faced by people with lived experience and offers solutions. By adopting a localised, person-centred approach, employers can bridge employment gaps and harness the unique strengths of this underrepresented group.
This toolkit helps employers navigate the complexities of hiring and supporting people. This toolkit can help you build a skilled and resilient workforce that harnesses the transformative power of lived experience.
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.