Substance Misuse Practitioner

The role of Substance Misuse Practitioner is an excellent opportunity to join a highly communicative team of professionals, who are actively working as part of a multi-agency team, to support and empower at-risk children and young people. This role will provide appropriate specialist or targeted substance misuse support, and interventions, to a caseload of young people, who are referred by means of effective assessment, care planning, and risk management.

*Access to a car, and a full driving licence, is a requirement of this role.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

• Developing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on care plans, YPORS risk assessments, and outcomes, throughout the young person’s treatment journey, providing appropriate care and support of individuals accessing the service.
• Providing family interventions, and supporting parents and carers of service users, and those wishing to access our services.
• Promoting and supporting service user involvement, through facilitation of service user groups and activities, and supporting volunteer participation within the service.
• Working in partnership with other agencies, and promoting effective dialogue, referral, and care pathways between agencies, families, and schools.
• Working in partnership with criminal justice services to support young people, addressing their substance misuse problems, and reducing the risk of re-offending.
• Providing harm minimisation and drugs education activities, and supporting individuals and groups in schools and other services.

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• Relevant qualification in either youth work studies, counselling qualification and/or skills, health and social care, or equivalent
• Understanding of relevant children and young people policies.
• Knowledge of substance misuse and associated risks and harms.
• Experience of working with young people and providing harm reduction interventions.
• Broad knowledge of working with young people in group and one-to-one settings.
• Skilled at delivering one to one interventions and group work to young people.

Salary: Up to £27,000 per annum (depending on knowledge and experience)
Hours of Work: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term to March 2025
DBS: Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required
Flexibility: Our main office is in Leatherhead, however the role does allow for flexible homeworking

*You may be required to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, or anti-social hours, if required.

*You will need to have use of a vehicle, with an up-to-date driving licence, MOT, and Business Insurance - this role will involve daily travel around Surrey, and will specifically cover the South West of Surrey, including Guildford & Waverly. There will also be occasional travel around the UK.

Catch22 is committed to staff recruitment and retention and offers a range of training, learning, and development opportunities. Your continuous professional development is as important to us, as it is to you.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced, Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process.  Please contact recruitment@catch-22.org.uk if you would like to find out more about this support.  This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme, please see here.