Young People's Drug - Barnsley, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

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**What's involved with this rol

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Temporary Young People's Drug & Alcohol Worker - Substance Misuse

Reference no:
Barnsley TCL C / 1
**Pay Rat

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£17.12 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 3-4 months

City:
BARNSLEY

Enhanced DBS disclosure required

Hybrid working


The postholder will be expected to have the skills and ability to engage young people and vulnerable adults by delivering a range of evidence based interventions, empowering them to reduce risk, increase personal and familial resilience, improve health and wellbeing and to lead a safe, happy and healthy life, either independently or in partnership with other agencies and providers around their own drug and alcohol use, or being affected by someone else's drug and alcohol use.

Key Responsibilities

  • Delivery of personalised support plans which focus on improving resilience, participation, achievement, attainment, positive lifestyle choices and improving health and wellbeing.
  • Deliver phases of interventions from Early Intervention to Structured Treatment Interventions
- ensuring that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to and consent to share information is in line with the Caldicott principles which is paramount to build trusting therapeutic alliances.

  • Ensure that children, young people, and families are engaged with, comprehensively assessed, risk assessed, support planned and suitably reviewed, to address their substance use (or that of someone else's drug and alcohol use) and other related outcomes from point of entry to posttreatment support
  • Responsibility for the development and delivery of an early intervention and prevention offer, improving recovery capital, increasing resilience, improving health and wellbeing outcomes which involves leading and providing supervisory support to sessional colleagues and volunteers.
  • Support the development of positive peer support networks, where appropriate.
  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary function ensuring referrals and pathways are appropriate to the presenting level of needs and risk and that effective and responsive deployment of resources is in line with customer and service requirements to achieve the best possible outcomes.
  • Compile intelligence/evidence packages to inform the effective deployment of resources to ensure the delivery of timely, coordinated, and appropriate interventions in line with demand, service policies and procedures.
  • Always act as an appropriate role model for children and young people and provide advocacy to them and their parents/carers when required, at relevant agency meetings.
  • Ensure that that all files / records are maintained in line with relevant national guidance and procedures (i

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Care Quality Commission/ National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service (NDTMS, BMBC), Caldicott, guidelines around confidentiality and consent to share information.


To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.


Qualifications:

  • A minimum Level 4 Qualification OR Extensive Equivalent Experience
  • Level 2 qualification or equivalent in English and Maths
Knowledg

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  • A developed knowledge and understanding of legislation and guidance as it relates to children, young people and parents around safeguarding
  • A developed knowledge of the causes and contributory factors to drug and alcohol use, offending, antisocial behaviour, emotional health and behaviours associated with adverse outcomes for young people
  • Knowledge of working with evidencebased practice around young people's substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance.
  • An awareness of services for adults and knowledge of how to broker and range provision
  • Knowledge and understanding of use of Gillick Competency / Fraser Guidelines for young people under the age of 16

Experience:


  • Relevant experience in using therapeutic interventions (i

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Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Approach, Counselling, Solution focu
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