Substance Misuse Practitioner - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - Catch22

Catch22

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Leatherhead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose.

We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services.

Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help.

With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Young People and Families

Our Young People and Families hub works with those in trouble, providing early intervention, targeted and specialist support services to those in crisis, leaving care, missing from home, or with substance misuse or mental health problems.

Services support people no matter what their situation - and have demonstrated a high success rate.

Job Description:

The role of
Substance Misuse Practitioner is an excellent opportunity to join a highly communicative team of professionals, who are actively working as part of a multi-agency team, to support and empower at-risk children and young people.

This role will provide appropriate specialist or targeted substance misuse support, and interventions, to a caseload of young people, who are referred by means of effective assessment, care planning, and risk management.

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Access to a car, and a full driving licence, is a requirement of this role.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

Developing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on care plans, YPORS risk assessments, and outcomes, throughout the young person's treatment journey, providing appropriate care and support of individuals accessing the service.
Providing family interventions, and supporting parents and carers of service users, and those wishing to access our services.
Promoting and supporting service user involvement, through facilitation of service user groups and activities, and supporting volunteer participation within the service.
Working in partnership with other agencies, and promoting effective dialogue, referral, and care pathways between agencies, families, and schools.
Working in partnership with criminal justice services to support young people, addressing their substance misuse problems, and reducing the risk of reoffending.
Providing harm minimisation and drugs education activities, and supporting individuals and groups in schools and other services.

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Qualifications:

Relevant qualification in either youth work studies, counselling qualification and/or skills, health and social care, or equivalent.

Essential Criteria

Understanding of relevant children and young people policies.
Knowledge of substance misuse and associated risks and harms.
Experience of working with young people who are experiencing substance misuse issues.
Experience of working with young people and providing harm reduction interventions.
Previous experience of working with challenging and hard to engage young people.
Broad knowledge of working with young people in group and onetoone settings.
Skilled at delivering one to one interventions and group work to young people.

Additional Information

Salary:
Up to £27,000 per annum (depending on knowledge and experience)

Hours of Work:
Full time, 37 hours per week

Contract:
Permanent

DBS:
Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required

Flexibility:
Our main office is in Leatherhead, however the role does allow for flexible homeworking

You may be required to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, or antisocial hours, if required.

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You will need to have use of a vehicle, with an up-to-date driving licence, MOT, and Business Insurance - this role will involve daily travel around Surrey, and will specifically cover the Northeast of Surrey: _Epsom and Ewell, Elmbridge and Spelthorne_. There will also be occasional travel around the UK.

Catch22 is committed to staff recruitment and retention and offers a range of training, learning, and development opportunities. Your continuous professional development is as important to us, as it is to you._

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live._

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.