Senior Substance Use Practitioner - Maternity Cover

Catch22; Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in Leatherhead seeks a dedicated manager for its youth substance misuse service for a 12-month fixed-term role. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality service delivery and manage a supportive team, promoting the welfare of young people aged 11 to 25. Essential qualifications include NVQ3 in Health & Social Care. The position offers a competitive salary of £32,620, with opportunities for flexible working.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in supervising substance misuse treatment delivery.
• Ability to deliver training and presentations.
• Experience with young people and families in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality service delivery meeting all targets.
• Recruit and manage a dedicated team.
• Follow safeguarding processes for the service.

Skills

Supervising staff

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Training design

Education

NVQ3 Health & Social Care or equivalent

Specialist knowledge of substance misuse

Job 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. Firstly, 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 (YPF) hub provides early intervention, targeted and specialist support services to those in crisis, leaving care, missing from home or with substance misuse or mental health problems. Our services support people no matter what their situation – and have demonstrated a high success rate.

Job Description

This is a 12-month fixed term post to cover maternity leave till 31/01/2027, and/or it could be an excellent secondment opportunity for current Catch22 senior practitioners who would like to develop their experience and knowledge within another Catch22 service.

This exciting role has responsibility for contributing to the strategic development, and operational management, of Catch22 Surrey Young People's Substance Use Service (SYPSUS). This is a county‑wide specialist treatment service, offering; one-to-one support to young people and their families, a 24‑hour helpline, counselling, and pharmacological support, as part of a tailored recovery approach for young people aged 11 to 25‑years‑old.

The Surrey team are a safe, happy and supportive team of dedicated and passionate individuals, with a great sense of humour and collaboration.

Your day-to-day tasks will be:

• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality services that meet all targets, standards and KPIs, and taking prompt action to address any areas of underperformance.
• Recruiting, managing, motivating, coaching and developing a staff team, including carrying out annual appraisals and regular supervision meetings.
• Ensuring that all safeguarding processes are followed, and that staff are clear that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
• Building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Strategic Partners, Commissioners, and Government Agencies, to promote Catch22, and seeking opportunities to collaborate.
• Making sure that the diverse needs and aspirations of all groups of service users are considered in service planning and delivery.
• Guaranteeing young people, parents/carers/families have ease of access to a range of support mechanisms and services.

This post will involve travel across the country, and occasional evening and weekend working.

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• NVQ3 Health & Social Care or equivalent / appropriate qualification including relevant professional qualifications in substance misuse, youth work studies, counselling qualification / criminal justice.

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of Alcohol/Substance misuse.
• Specialist knowledge in substance misuse assessment and interventions and skills, including CBT, MI, ITEP.
• NVQ3 or equivalent in leadership /management.

Experience

• Supervising and line management of staff in the delivery of substance misuse treatment and working with young people and families to achieve positive outcomes.
• Design and delivery of training, presentations and activities to individuals, groups and other professionals.
• Effective working in a multiagency environment to support and safeguard young people.
• Experience of working with young people and families, with substance misuse and associated complex needs.

Additional Information

Salary: £32,620
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week
Contract: 12 months Fixed-term
Flexibility: Opportunities for flexible homeworking available (main office is in Leatherhead)

This role requires an up to date driving licence, access to a vehicle, MOT and business insurance. You may be required to work out of hours, including evenings and weekends where necessary, in addition to travel around Surrey on a daily basis, and occasional travel around the UK. Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required.

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.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

See the benefits of working for Catch22.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

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.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced/care leaver, Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process. Please contact [e-mail] if you would like to find out more about this support. This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme, please see here. You can also watch an animation on the programme here.

Catch22's Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have "Banned the Box". This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.