Young Persons Practitioner - Redbridge, United Kingdom - Via

Via

Verified Company

Redbridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Reference

JOB

Location
London Borough of Redbridge

Salary
£26,624 - £30,446 inclusive of London Weighting where appropriate

Vacancy Type
Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours
37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Job Summary

Would you like to help improve the health and wellbeing of those with drug and alcohol issues?

The Role
The Young People's practitioner will be part of our dynamic and exciting Young People's service in Redbridge.

We are looking for someone who is motivated to ensure people who use our services achieve the best possible outcomes.

You will deliver early intervention and prevention work and provide specialist drug and alcohol treatment for young people to:

Prevent young people from engaging in substance misusing and risk-taking behaviours.
Enable young people to develop boundaries, emotional resilience and selfesteem.
Actively support young people to reduce and/or stop harmful behaviours such as drug and alcohol consumption, encouraging prosocial and heathy alternatives,

You will bring passion and enthusiasm alongside a commitment to working to support young people and their families, you will carry a caseload of young people and will be required to:

Provide full comprehensive assessment, care planning and risk management.
Deliver brief interventions, resilience training and harm minimisation.
Involve and support families and carers of YP accessing the service.
Liaise with and work in partnership with key agencies and stakeholders including the YOS, CAMHS, social services, schools and colleges.
Deliver structured group work to young people.

Location:

The role is predominantly based interchangeably between Barkingside and Ilford Chambers, and will involve travel to schools and satellites within the borough.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package

Interviews are likely to take place week beginning 25 March 2024.
Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace.

Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.