Role: Lead Practitioner – Substance Misuse Vaping
Based: Plymouth with some home working
Rate: £31,347.75
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Fixed term Contract for 10 months
Hours: 37 hours Monday to Friday 9am – 5.00pm
Our client, a specialist Children’s Charity is looking for a Lead Practitioner to lead on the service operational response to vaping of illegal drugs in Plymouth.
Synopsis of duties:
Lead on the service operational response to vaping of illegal drugs in Plymouth
Developing practice and response to vaping incidents
Support the wider substance misuse team to develop knowledge and skill relating to vaping and support team members to provide support for children who are vaping
To contribute to policy development / refinement at a city / school / settings level
To deliver support and intervention to CYP who have are vaping illegal drugs
To ensure close working relationships with Schools (all phases), Police; Youth Service, Trading Standards; PCC Targeted Support and CSC.
The role is required to develop an effective collaboration with the vaping role within the Youth Service.
Train, coach and support multi-disciplinary professionals to increased knowledge awareness and competence to respond to vaping by children and young people.
To be a credible ambassador promoting the aims of the organisation and be a champion for the rights and welfare children and young people in the region.
To maximise the opportunities for young people to grow, have influence and find a voice through empowerment and participation in the service, and the wider society.
To be accessible as a specialist practitioner/offer consultancy to allied professional and voluntary agencies.
To act as a referral service to medical treatment or adult treatment services.
To provide advice, support, consultation and training to relevant staff.
To contribute to the delivery and development of the Young Person’s Substance Misuse Plan, Young Person’s Alcohol Action Plan.
To participate in & be an active member of the young person’s substance misuse team.
Collate and monitor relevant data in line with local and national requirements.
To maintain accurate records
To work within Child Protection and Safeguarding guidelines and procedures.
To actively pursue equality of access to services and operate within a framework of anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities policy.
To contribute to the development of services for young people
Essential Requirements:
Experience of working with young people
Experience of substance misuse (drugs and alcohol) and awareness of national and local initiatives
Knowledge of the criminal justice process, specifically in relation to young people.
Knowledge of child/adolescent development and young personcentred interventions
Working within a multi agency and legislative framework
Full Driving Licence with own Vehicle
Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months or on the update service
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency