We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in St Helens to assist with the appointment of a Substance Misuse Worker, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £14.50 - £18.26 per Hour

Responsibilities:

• To undertake assessment appropriate for young people using the service and their families as required. This will also include the use of EHAT (CAF).
• To manage a caseload in order to plan, implement and review individuals referred to the service.
• To work in line with NICE and other national and local guidelines to develop and deliver flexible and creative programmes of intervention for young people to address problematic substance misuse. This
  will also include providing health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.
• To support the pharmacological treatment of young people and work with prescribing services to assist with the management of withdrawal, cravings, detoxification, relapse prevention and maintenance.
• To assist in the co-ordination, development and delivery of packages of support and training to other practitioners to enable them to identify and address issues of substance misuse, to understand local pathways and deliver brief interventions.

Qualifications:

• You must have experience of working with young people and hold a relevant qualification (Level 3 or equivalent) in health, youth work, social work or similar. 
• You must have a passion to work with young people to make a difference to their health and wellbeing.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires a basic DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

#RQ1396354