Young Persons Practitioner - Barking, United Kingdom - Via

Via

Verified Company

Barking, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Reference

JOB

Location
Barking and Dagenham

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 10, 2024

Job Summary

Would you like to join us in supporting Young People effected by drug and alcohol issues to improve their health and wellbeing?

The Role

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Practitioner to work within the Young Person's Service, Via: Subwize Team, based in Barking and Dagenham.

This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within the Young Person's element of an over-arching Integrated Substance Misuse Service.

Subwize Young Persons Service is a vibrant, creative, and passionate service which consists of schools and community, Hidden Harm work and criminal justice team.

Our teams work collaboratively to provide valuable support to young people within the borough.

The main purpose of this role is:

To deliver age-appropriate excellent drug and alcohol services as well as wellbeing services to young people & young adults aged This includes one to one key working sessions and group work.
Deliver early intervention and prevention work, in a variety of youth settings to prevent young people from engaging in substance misusing and risktaking behaviours and enable young people to develop boundaries, emotional resilience and selfesteem.
To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.

The core hours of this role will be Monday - Friday 9am until 5pm (with flexibility available) and there may be some occasional out of hours work which would be considered on a rota basis.

Location

The Vibe, Becontree Ave, Dagenham RM8 2UT_ (Young Person's Team office base).

Please note:
the role will involve some remote working including satellites and outreach.

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

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.