Young Peoples Practitioner

2 weeks ago


West Berkshire, United Kingdom WDP Full time

**Location**

West Berkshire

**Salary**

£24,440 - £28,262 per annum

**Vacancy Type**

Permanent/Full Time

**Working Hours**

37.5

**Application Deadline**

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

**Job Summary**

**Would you like to join us in supporting Young People effected by drug and alcohol issues to improve their health and wellbeing?**

**The Role**

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Practitioner to work within the Young Person’s Service, WDP: The Edge in West Berkshire. The post is predominantly based in Newbury, but some travel across the County will be required.

This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within the Young Person’s element of an over-arching County-wide Integrated Substance Misuse Service.

The main purpose of this role is:

- To deliver age-appropriate excellent drug and alcohol services to young people and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, facilitating positive outcomes.
- Deliver early intervention and prevention work, in a variety of youth settings to prevent young people from engaging in substance misusing and risk-taking behaviours and enable young people to develop boundaries, emotional resilience and self-esteem.
- To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all WDP policies and Safeguarding principles.

The core hours of this role will be Monday
- Friday 9am until 5pm, but there may be some occasional out of hours work which would be considered on a rota basis

Please take a look at our Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and requirements of this role

**Location**
- Merchant House,_ 14-20 Oxford Road;
_Newbury_; RG14 1PA (Young Person’s Team office base).

1 Station Road, Newbury, RG14 7LP (overarching WDP West Berkshire office base)

Please note: the role will involve some peripatetic working including satellites and outreach.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package

For an informal discussion about the position please contact

**Wednesday 14 June**
**at midnight.**

WDP welcomes enquiries from everyone and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.



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