Young Person's Recovery Practitioner
Service Care Solutions
Location: Ilford
Contract: Temporary – 3 Months Initially (With Likely Extension)
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Pay Rate: £23 P/H Umbrella Ltd (£20.59 P/H PAYE Inclusive/£18.37 P/H PAYE Exclusive)
Organisational Values
Care • Be Human • Do the Right Thing
The Opportunity as a Young Person’s Recovery Practitioner:
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a respected and well-established charity organisation delivering specialist support services for young people affected by substance misuse, emotional wellbeing and risk-taking behaviours. The organisation works closely with schools, youth settings, safeguarding teams and local partner agencies to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people and their families.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Young Person’s Recovery Practitioner to support children and young people affected by drug and alcohol misuse, emotional wellbeing concerns and associated risk-taking behaviours. The successful candidate will deliver early intervention, prevention and recovery-focused support within schools, community settings and outreach environments.
This rewarding opportunity would suit a practitioner with experience supporting young people and families within substance misuse, youth work, safeguarding or emotional wellbeing services.
Key Responsibilities as a Young Person’s Recovery Practitioner:
- Managing a caseload of young people affected by substance misuse and associated vulnerabilities
- Delivering age-appropriate one-to-one interventions, key working sessions and group support
- Completing assessments, risk assessments and recovery/support plans
- Delivering early intervention and prevention work within schools, youth settings and community services
- Supporting young people to build resilience, healthy boundaries and emotional wellbeing
- Providing harm reduction advice, guidance and education
- Working collaboratively with safeguarding teams, schools, youth offending services and partner agencies
- Supporting young people and families to access education, wellbeing and support services
- Maintaining accurate and timely case management records in line with safeguarding and GDPR procedures
- Minimum 2 years’ experience supporting young people within substance misuse, youth work or wellbeing services
- Experience delivering interventions and managing caseloads with vulnerable young people
- Strong understanding of safeguarding children and contextual safeguarding practices
- Experience completing assessments, support plans and case recording
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Good IT skills including use of case management systems
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, Youth Work or equivalent (or willingness to work towards)
- Enhanced Child & Adult DBS (within 12 months or registered on Update Service)
- Valid Right to Work documentation
- Full UK Driving Licence desirable due to outreach requirements
- Four weekly payroll runs
- Competitive pay rates
- £250 training allowance
- Dedicated specialist substance misuse consultant
- Single point of contact throughout your placement
- Referral bonus schemes available
- PAYE and Ltd payment options
- Access to nationwide substance misuse opportunities
- Free fast-track DBS processing available
If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above requirements, please apply today or contact the Substance Misuse Division at Service Care Solutions for further information.
Due to high application volumes, only candidates with relevant experience will be contacted.
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