Young Persons Substance Use - Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Compass; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced sick pay

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Compass is recruiting a Young Persons Substance Use - Health & Wellbeing Practitioner for the Compass Safe East team serving Tower Hamlets. You will assess, plan and deliver interventions to children and young people, with engagement across schools and community partners to boost wellbeing and outcomes.

You will use trauma-informed approaches, support families, and contribute to prevention and early intervention work while maintaining accurate records and working in a multi-agency environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Experience supporting emotional wellbeing, health, substance use or related needs.
• Safeguarding, risk assessment and child development knowledge.
• Ability to work with families and partner agencies; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments and develop support plans.
• Deliver one-to-one and group interventions.
• Work across schools, community settings and partner organisations.
• Help young people build resilience and wellbeing.
• Deliver prevention and early intervention work with families and professionals.

Skills

Engagement with youth

Emotional wellbeing support

Safeguarding knowledge

Risk assessment

Strong communication

Education

Youth work qualification

Social work

Psychology

Job description

About The Role

Join our passionate team and help children, young people and families improve their health, wellbeing and life opportunities. As a Young Persons Substance Use - Health & Wellbeing Practitioner within Compass Safe East , you will provide support to children, young people and families across Tower Hamlets. The service offers advice, guidance and interventions on a wide range of health and wellbeing topics, including emotional wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, relationships, school challenges, substance use and access to specialist support. Using a person centred and trauma informed approach, you will undertake assessments, develop support plans and deliver one to one and group interventions. Working across schools, community settings and partner organisations, you will help young people build resilience, improve wellbeing and access the support they need to thrive. You will play an important role in delivering prevention and early intervention work while collaborating with families and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.

About You

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Experience supporting young people with emotional wellbeing, health, substance use or related needs.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and child development.
• Experience working collaboratively with families, professionals and partner agencies.
• Excellent communication, engagement and relationship building skills.
• The ability to manage a varied caseload and maintain accurate records.
• A flexible, compassionate and solution focused approach.

A qualification in youth work, social work, psychology, counselling, mental health, substance use, or a related field is essential. Experience delivering health promotion, prevention or early intervention programmes would be helpful but is not essential. If you are committed to helping children and young people overcome challenges, improve their wellbeing and reach their full potential, we encourage you to apply.

About Us

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.

We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
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