Youth Substance Use Support Worker

Barnardos; Conwy; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26 days+

Group pension benefits

Cycle2work scheme

Discounts and benefits portal

Job summary

Barnardo's is recruiting for a Project Worker 1 within the Children and Young People’s Substance Use Service, Cyfle Barnardo's Cymru Service, covering Denbighshire and Conwy. The role requires driving and involves delivering early help interventions for children and young people up to 25, with group and 1:1 work in various settings.

You will assess needs, plan programmes, and support schools and professionals while promoting safeguarding and Welsh-language communication where needed.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience of substance use and misuse face-to-face advice work with children and young people.
• Experience of multi-agency partnership working.
• Knowledge of issues facing children and young people where alcohol/substances are an issue.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation.
• Ability to travel throughout the Locality to meet the requirements of the post.
• Ability to communicate in Welsh.

Responsibilities

• Offering support, advice and assistance to children, young people and families referred to the service on a 1:1 and group basis.
• Delivering group work interventions to support children and young people to develop the skills they require as outlined in their support plan.
• Delivering targeted prevention and brief intervention programmes to support children and young people to build upon their skills and confidence to look after their own and families' well-being.
• Identifying a range of community-based activities that children and young people can access.
• Accessing community resources and working with other professionals and agencies to ensure all resources available to children and young people are utilised.
• Acting as a single point of access for Primary, Secondary schools and Pupil Referral Units.
• Sharing in the responsibility of assessing the risks that children and young people pose to themselves and others and developing plans to meet those needs.
• Supporting professionals by coaching to develop sample drug and alcohol session plans and to increase their awareness of substance misuse.
• Enabling children and young people to identify their goals and achieve change.

Skills

Substance use

Face-to-face

Children & youth

Multi-agency

Job description

Barnardo's is recruiting for a Project Worker 1 within the Children and Young People’s Substance Use Service, Cyfle Barnardo's Cymru Service, covering Denbighshire and Conwy. The role requires driving and involves delivering early help interventions for children and young people up to 25, with group and 1:1 work in various settings.

You will assess needs, plan programmes, and support schools and professionals while promoting safeguarding and Welsh-language communication where needed.