Drug and Alcohol Support Worker

6 months ago


Basildon, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**About the role**

**Drug and Alcohol Support Worker - Multi Disciplinary Team**

Fixed Term - 24 months, Full Time - 37 Hours Per Week

£29,741 to £34,001 per annum

Location: Basildon

Working Style: Community-based worker

**Come and join our new Multi-Disciplinary Team in Basildon, Essex**

**Are you ready for the challenge of being at the forefront of innovative practice?**

This is an exciting time for children’s Social Work in Essex. We are seeking experienced, motivated and passionate individuals to join our team. Being led by the Team Manager, you will be working to create the conditions for success within a new and dynamic multi-disciplinary team. A team providing specialist support to families. The team will be based with social work teams, where they will provide bespoke specialist intervention.

We really want you to be a part of our vision and making this a reality. If you have the drive, creativity and enthusiasm to enhance and improve the lives of Children and Families we want to hear from you.

If you join our team, we will support you to develop an understanding of a systemic theoretical framework and embrace the excellent models of practice which will underpin our interventions. You will have access to the right tools, equipment and resources alongside effective supervision, training and learning opportunities they need to become excellent practitioners.

We have invested in our workforce and created a positive environment for our social workers to make a difference and achieve change for our most vulnerable children and families through direct relationship-based social work practice. Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) is the only Local Authority team in the Country to be accredited by BASW as a CPD provider.

If you think you have what it takes, we’d love to hear from you.

**The Role**

The Drug and Alcohol Support Worker will ensure easy access to appropriate drug and alcohol services as well as providing effective support. The post holder will have an accredited professional qualification and evidence of excellent practice, participation in casework, recording and assessment. Strong partnership working is essential for this role as it will operate in a multi-agency environment.

**Accountabilities and the Skills, Knowledge and Experience required**

These can be viewed online here

**Please note that this position is being offered as a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment with a planned duration of 24 months.**

**Interviews will take place on the 1st, 4th, and 5th December.**

**The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.**

To read more about us please visit: Children & Families

Please take a look at our ‘No Magic’ Children & Families video

**Why Essex?**

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

**Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.**

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