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Naufar is Qatar’s national substance use disorder center for treatment, prevention, professional education and research. Naufar was established in 2017 by Emiri Decree, that recognized that addiction is a health issue. Naufar treats over 1000 patients and their families each year. Our services are evidence-based and culturally- adapted to the GCC. Our facilities include over 120 beds (in-patient treatment, residential rehabilitation) and extensive out-patient treatment and recovery interventions.  

Naufar is an approved training provider for the Universal Treatment Curriculum and as part of its growing professional education activities, we are seeking experienced UTC trainers. Opportunities for short term engagement for the delivery of specific courses (including speaker fees, flights and accommodation), as well as longer term engagement and/or employment, are available.

Interested candidates should contact Ryan Peden, Manager - Professional Training & Education, at ryan [dot] peden [at] naufar [dot] com, with an up-to-date resume highlighting their experience with the UTC curriculum. English language skills are essential, and Arabic is a plus. 

Would you like to work in a team dedicated to improving the lives of young people in Islington?

Are you passionate about improving young people's well-being by tackling drug and alcohol use?

We are looking for an experienced substance misuse worker to join our amazing team of workers dedicated to improving the lives young people in Islington.

Youth Counselling, Substance Misuse and Alcohol Service (YCSMAS) is an integrated health service embedded within Targeted Youth Support that supports young people aged 12-21 to explore their feelings and navigate through life's challenges for a positive outcome.

In this role, you will be working with our substance misuse team to lead on supporting girls and young women across the borough through one-to-one interventions and workshops that will help help them to make better choices around drug and alcohol use. You will be undertaking a wide range of tasks including:

• having non-judgemental conversations 
• providing true-evidence based information 
• creating customised care plans to reduce harm
•  providing in-depth support using trauma informed practices
• training adults and professionals on having conversations with young people around substance misuse
• Promoting the service with the community

We provide an extensive ongoing training to support your growth and development as a substance misuse worker and you will be working within a team recently graded "Outstanding" by HMIP Inspectorate.

For further information or for an informal conversation about the post, please contact:

La'Vonne Ryan

YCSMAS Coordinator

YCSMAS [at] islington [dot] gov [dot] uk

0207 527 4269

We are seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Post-doctoral Associate for the Zilverstand lab in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Anna Zilverstand, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry and the lab Principal Investigator. 

The lab is part of the University of Minnesota Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, offering a multidisciplinary research environment. We directly collaborate with colleagues from the departments of Psychology, Radiology, Neuroscience and Health Informatics, amongst others. Our current research focus is investigating individual differences in the neurobehavioral factors underlying the onset and escalation of substance use. We use neuroimaging, behavioral tasks, surveys and clinical interview data to better understand the complex risk factors driving high levels of use. 

The candidate must have a strong background in computational methods and/or neuroimaging methods. The position will involve management and analysis of data from a NIH-funded project on individual differences in substance use disorders and/or related public data sets. 
We are committed to developing the careers of all lab members. The position, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota career development training programs, will provide opportunities for mentorship in scientific writing and grantsmanship, outreach and communication. 

Job Responsibilities include: 

• Data management & analysis of multimodal large data sets. (60%) 
• Contribute to the preparation of reports, IRB submissions, and grants and authorship of conference papers, posters and journal articles. (30%) 
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students on research projects. (5%) 
• Participate in career training/development programs. (5%) 

This position is a two-year appointment with the possibility of extension. 

The EUDA is one of the European Union’s decentralised agencies. Based in Lisbon, it is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.

The position we are recruiting for is situated within the Public health unit, and the selected candidate will be reporting to the Head of sector health and social responses, under the supervision of Head of the substance, harms and responses unit. The job holder will contribute to objectives and outputs that further enhance and promote the scientific competencies of the EUDA in the area of prevention of drug use and its consequences, including in the areas of health promotion, crime prevention and social responses to drug-related harms, in a systematic and integrated approach. Environmental, community-based, universal, selected and indicated prevention, early intervention and health promotion are key areas of focus. The job holder will be working within the framework of the EUDA’s mandate, responsible for implementing work programme activities, both sector-related and transversal.

Main duties:

The successful applicant will be requested to perform the following main tasks and responsibilities:

• Act as a point of reference within the agency on health and social and responses to drugs, with a focus on prevention science and practice;
• Coordinate the agency’s monitoring, implementation and evaluation of drug prevention and related interventions (health promotion, crime prevention, quality standards, etc.);
• Play an active role in the agency’s work in the area of capacity building and training for drug prevention, including with the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) (1 ) and training of trainers, the prevention content-related e-learning platform PLATO, etc.;
• Support the agency’s projects in the area of prevention interventions across European countries and beyond, such as the X-change registry of evaluated programmes, Healthy Nightlife Toolkit, etc.;
• Keep abreast of the latest research and developments in the relevant fields and summarise scientific literature for the implementation of prevention interventions;
• Contribute to the agency’s core work and main data collection tools and products, including the European Drug Report, the Best Practice Portal, the European Responses Guide as well as new services developed by the agency; • Represent the agency in scientific meetings and conferences;
• Manage the administrative and organisational tasks relevant to the above, including the preparation of work plans, meetings and ad hoc reporting tasks;
• Develop and manage contracts with external providers in the prevention area;
• Any other duties stemming from the purpose of the post that may be assigned by the Head of sector and Head of unit. The job holder may be required to contribute to other areas of work, according to the needs and priorities of the EUDA. In order to perform the duties of the post and ensure effective communication with the actors and stakeholders involved, the main working language required for the job is English.