Young Person's Substance Use Caseworker - Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom - Adferiad Recovery

Adferiad Recovery

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Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

To work with young people with complex needs, of which substance misuse is assessed as a primary contributing factor. To participate in the development, evaluation, and amendment of practice and protocols. To refer and signpost individual young people toward other appropriate agencies. To deliver interventions at various locations in the community which may include the individuals home.

To provide initial and ongoing assessment with young people.

To provide a wide range of information on substances and their affects to individual users, to include relapse prevention, health, and sexual awareness.

To have thorough knowledge of Child Protection. To work with the family as a whole.

To support young people using motivational enhancement techniques.

To offer targeted and crisis work through therapeutic interventions and support to young people, promoting health and social care improvements and sustainment of alcohol/drug free status where relevant - whilst responding effectively to risk issues.

To deliver non-medical/ abstinence-based interventions to service users not in clinical treatment. To offer ongoing support and harm reduction interventions with service users.

To provide a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions as identified through initial assessment, care plan, and review - including both one to one intervention and group work (i.e., anxiety/stress management, coping strategies, confidence and motivation building, interpersonal and social skills training).

To provide support to the Adult Substance Misuse Service when required, working supportively and collaboratively with Kaleidoscope colleagues. Actively seek and participate in monthly management supervision with YPSMS Team Leader. To contribute to the preparation of reports to Adferiad Recovery/ Kaleidoscope and its partnership projects.

To ensure service outcomes for the team are achieved within agreed standards and procedures as outlined in the delivery plan and contract with the commissioners.

To develop and maintain co-working practices within the multi-agency delivery team.

To maintain up to date records of work, weekly activity records, and other such pro forma as directed by Adferiad Recovery/ Kaleidoscope.