Youth Substance Intervention Worker - WMF3199e

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Various perks and discounts schemes

Job summary

Westmorland and Furness Council Youth Justice Service is seeking a dedicated practitioner to deliver specialist substance misuse interventions for children in the Youth Justice System. The role emphasises harm reduction and education, working with statutory and non-statutory partners to support transitions to adulthood.

You will engage with pathways to other services, travel across the authority area to Furness, South Lakeland and Eden, and maintain accurate records and data to monitor outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with and engaging young people and their families who may have complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist substance misuse intervention to children in the Youth Justice System, focusing on harm reduction and education
• Work in partnership with colleagues inside and outside the Youth Justice Service, including statutory and non-statutory work
• Engage with pathways into other services, including supporting transitions to adulthood for service users
• Travel across the authority area to work with children in Furness, South Lakeland and Eden
• Organise a varied workload
• Accurately collect and record data related to the work
• Maintain accurate written records of work delivered

Skills

Strength-based approach

Persistence

Workload organisation

Data collection

Accurate records

Job description

This permanent post sits within the multi-agency Youth Justice Service at Westmorland and Furness Council, where the team delivers specialist substance misuse work with children in the youth justice system. The focus is harm reduction and education, carried out alongside colleagues in statutory and non-statutory services and with support for young people moving into adulthood. The role involves travel across the authority area. An enhanced DBS check with a Children's Barred List check is required.

What the job involves

• Deliver specialist substance misuse intervention to children in the Youth Justice System, focusing on harm reduction and education
• Work in partnership with colleagues inside and outside the Youth Justice Service, including statutory and non-statutory work
• Engage with pathways into other services, including supporting transitions to adulthood for service users
• Travel across the authority area to work with children in Furness, South Lakeland and Eden
• Organise a varied workload
• Accurately collect and record data related to the work
• Maintain accurate written records of work delivered

Experience

• Experience of working with and engaging young people and their families who may have complex needs

Skills & knowledge

• Take a strength-based approach to empower people to make changes
• Demonstrate persistence in overcoming problems
• Organise a varied workload
• Accurately collect and record data
• Maintain accurate written records

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check with Children's Barred List check

What’s offered

• Competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Various perks and discounts schemes