Young Person'S Worker Ref: 0163Zs

Withyou; Swanley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Birthday/occasional day off

Enhanced family leave

2 days paid volunteer leave

Pension scheme (auto-enrolment)

Blue Light Card discounts

Flexible working opportunities

Refer a Friend £500 bonus

Job summary

With You is seeking a Young Person's Worker for the West Kent area. The role involves one-to-one work with 10–18-year-olds, delivering harm-reduction interventions for drugs and alcohol, including ketamine and cannabis.

You will work with complex cases, collaborate with families and external agencies, and manage a caseload in community settings. The role offers structured training and development, mileage allowance, and a fixed-term contract until January 2029, with a salary from £26,250 to

Qualifications

• Experience in Health & Social Care or Criminal Justice with vocational placement.
• Experience working with young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one work with young people aged 10–18 delivering harm-reduction interventions for drugs and alcohol.
• Manage a caseload and conduct sessions in the community (school/home/other venues).
• Coordinate with external services and families to achieve best outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records in line with policies and procedures.

Skills

Experience with young people

Safeguarding experience

Driving licence

Vehicle access

Health & social care experience

Education

Relevant vocational qualification (placement)

Job description

About the Role

Closing date: Friday 16th October

Join Us as a Young Person's Worker in Faversham - Job Description

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives? Our team in West Kent is looking for a Young Person's Worker to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we'd love to hear from you.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us

With You in Kent for Young People is the commissioned provider of substance use support for young people aged between 10-25 years old. We offer a range of free and confidential services to young people, professionals and their families. As a service, we offer both short term and long term one to one work with young people and a range of group work options. All interventions stem from the service's ethos of providing accurate, individualised and non-judgemental support and guidance around drugs and alcohol.

Job Opportunity

This role involves working one to one with young people aged 10-18 years old delivering a range of harm reduction interventions in relation to drugs and alcohol including ketamine, cannabis, alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepines. The role will require the applicant to work with complex 10-18 year old, substance using, young people. You will be expected to show initiative, forward thinking and independence in their work and show exemplary recording in line with processes and policies.

Our young people require a holistic approach and may be experiencing mental health challenges, missing episodes, offending and familial breakdown. As such, you will work closely with external agencies and families to help our young people achieve the best outcomes. You will carry and manage a caseload of young people, engaging them in sessions in the community such as at school, their home or in community buildings. You will be supported with case management through line management and group reflective practice sessions in addition to team meetings and practice development days.

We offer training to new staff and ongoing opportunities for learning and development, so if you love working with young people and are keen to become experienced and knowledgeable in the field of drug and alcohol harm reduction, this could be the role for you.

Each worker has a designated area of work within Kent, (this role is to cover West Kent). You will be paid mileage at a rate of 55p per mile. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is therefore essential. Please note - the location of Faversham is included in this advert for internal purposes only.

As a Young Person's Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum pro rata. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum pro rata.

This is a fixed term role, until January 2029, working 37.5 hours per week.

Essential Skills

• Relevant experience in a similar role (such as working in a Health & Social Care, Criminal Justice setting) and/or clear motivations for applying such as a relevant qualification that has required vocational placement
• Experience of working with young people
• Evidence of safeguarding experience and knowledge
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle

DE&I

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.

Internal Applicants - please note that fixed term roles will be offered as secondments.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months