Role: Project Worker – Substance Misuse
Based: Plymouth
Salary: £29,855 per annum (plus allowances)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent with Funding
Hours: 37 hours per week
Our client, a leading children’s charity, providing support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of harm, exploitation and abuse, are looking for a Project Worker – Substance Misuse to join their team.
The role will include providing support to young people under the age of 25 who are at risk of substance misuse.
Synopsis of duties:
To ensure that all young people in contact with the service are assessed and treated for identified drug/alcohol problems.
To contribute to the overall provision of services for young people who misuse substances in the Plymouth area.
To work with individual young people who misuse substances and their families, including young people identified by the YOT Team, and to act as a consultant to other professionals who may require specialist help and support.
To work across agency boundaries delivering a service to both the statutory and third sector.
To provide a comprehensive assessment to young people
To provide accessible information, advice and support on issues related to substance misuse.
To deliver individually tailored and evidence based one to one and group work programmes where appropriate.
To deliver preventative interventions and h
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 provide comprehensive assessment and 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:
Knowledge of:
Substance misuse (drugs and alcohol) and awareness of national and local initiatives
Of relevant policy and government drug strategy documents
Of the criminal justice process, specifically in relation to young people
Of child/adolescent development and young person-centred intervention
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency