Young Person's Substance Use Caseworker

3 months ago

Builth Wells, United Kingdom Adferiad Recovery Full time

Adferiad Recovery delivers a flexible and coordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions and related issues. Vulnerable people facing complex life challenges need consistent and seamless support to ensure they remain engaged with vital health and wellbeing services - and to prevent them becoming disenfranchised and isolated.

**Contract**: 15 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

**Salary**:£25,027.20 per annum (pro rata)

**Based at**:Builth Wells,Powys

**Job Purpose**:
This post will work as part of Adferiad Recovery’s Young People’s Substance Misuse Service in Powys, providing services to young people who are under 18 years of age (and those aged 16-24 transitioning to adult services), who are experiencing problems with drug and/or alcohol use. You will provide targeted and specialist interventions to support young people at increased risk of using substances and for those identified with a substance misuse problem, with the objective of preventing family breakdown and helping to address and overcome barriers in accessing education, employment, and training.

The team aspire to create equality of access and availability of services for those with severe substance misuse and those with more recreational use; for those for whom abstinence is the goal, as well as those for whom harm reduction approaches are more suitable. The young people’s provision operates separately from the adult’s service which are delivered by our partners at Kaleidoscope, allowing for a specialist provision, for the purposes of safeguarding and in offering specialist services.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- To work with young people with complex needs, of which substance misuse is assessed as a primary contributing factor.
- To participate in the development, evaluation, and amendment of practice and protocols.
- To refer and signpost individual young people toward other appropriate agencies.
- To deliver interventions at various locations in the community which may include the individual’s home.
- To provide initial and ongoing assessment with young people.
- To provide a wide range of information on substances and their affects to individual users, to include relapse prevention, health, and sexual awareness.
- To have thorough knowledge of Child Protection.
- To work with the family as a whole.
- To support young people using motivational enhancement techniques.
- To offer targeted and crisis work through therapeutic interventions and support to young people, promoting health and social care improvements and sustainment of alcohol/drug free status where relevant - whilst responding effectively to risk issues.
- To deliver non-medical/ abstinence-based interventions to service users not in clinical treatment.
- To offer ongoing support and harm reduction interventions with service users.
- To provide a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions as identified through initial assessment, care plan, and review - including both one to one intervention and group work (i.e., anxiety/stress management, coping strategies, confidence and motivation building, interpersonal and social skills training).
- To provide support to the Adult Substance Misuse Service when required, working supportively and collaboratively with Kaleidoscope colleagues.
- Actively seek and participate in monthly management supervision with YPSMS Team To contribute to the preparation of reports to Adferiad Recovery/ Kaleidoscope and its partnership projects.
- To ensure service outcomes for the team are achieved within agreed standards and procedures as outlined in the delivery plan and contract with the commissioners.
- To develop and maintain co-working practices within the multi-agency delivery team.
- To maintain up to date records of work, weekly activity records, and other such pro forma as directed by Adferiad Recovery/ Kaleidoscope.

**Person Specification**:

- Youth Work / Social Work / counselling or equivalent (min. NVQ 3).
- Experience of working within a multi
- disciplinary team.
- Interagency working.
- Experience of working with Young People.
- Working knowledge of Substance Misuse issues.
- Knowledge and experience of Child Protection issues.
- Full driver’s license and full access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
- Willingness to travel.
- Ability to work weekends/ evenings.

All employees are required to act inclusively to encourage, promote, and cultivate our values, (such as rights affirming and cultural diversity).

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £25,027.20 per year

Expected hours: 15 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee mentoring programme
- Language training provided
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have a Social Work qualificatio

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