Young Person's Substance Use Outreach Worker

Job description

Project Worker 2

Children & Young People's Substance Use Service (Cyfle)

(Denbighshire & Conwy)

Would you like to be involved in this unique opportunity to work with Children, Young People and their families in the Denbighshire & Conwy?

Would you like to join a skilled, supportive and innovative team making a real difference to the lives of children and young people across Denbighshire and Conwy?

Barnardo's Cymru is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Project Worker 2 to join our Cyfle Children and Young People's Substance Use Service (CYPSMS).

This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with children and young people navigating difficulties relating to substance use, mental health and emotional wellbeing, helping them build resilience, reduce harm and achieve better outcomes.

About Cyfle

Cyfle, Barnardo's Cymru has a specialist Children and Young People's Substance Use Service, providing prevention, early intervention and treatment support for young people up to the age of 25.

Working across Denbighshire and Conwy, our multi-disciplinary team collaborates with schools, youth services, health professionals, social care, and community organisations to deliver a comprehensive and integrated service that responds to the diverse needs of children, young people and their families.

The Role

As a Project Worker 2, you will deliver targeted Tier 3 interventions alongside early help and prevention services for children and young people affected by substance use and related issues.

You will provide both one-to-one and group-based interventions in a variety of settings, supporting young people to understand risks, reduce harm, improve wellbeing and make positive life choices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering targeted prevention, early intervention and treatment services to children and young people.
• Providing psychosocial interventions relating to substance use, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Undertaking assessments and developing person-centred plans of support.
• Identifying risk and making referrals to appropriate services where required.
• Managing a caseload and delivering effective, evidence-based interventions.
• Planning, reviewing and coordinating programmes of care.
• Developing positive relationships with partner agencies and community organisations.
• Delivering awareness-raising and capacity-building work within schools and youth settings.
• Recording outcomes and contributing to monitoring and evaluation requirements.

You will have

• Significant substance use practice and experience
• Experience of face-to-face advice work and/or counselling with children and young people.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a childcare/family setting.
• Demonstrable experience of assessment/case management and therapeutic work with families/individuals
• Demonstrable knowledge of issues facing children and young people and experience of working with families where mental health and alcohol / substance use is an issue.
• Current knowledge of drug and alcohol use/effects and harm reduction strategies in substance misuse field.
• Knowledge and understanding of child development and issues relating to child protection.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to risk of harm to others and self.
• Demonstrable knowledge of motivational issues in relation to drug/alcohol users.
• Knowledge of HIV and other blood-borne infections.
• Knowledge of local provision.
• Good communication skills including report writing.
• Demonstrable experience of evidence-based monitoring/evaluation tools.
• Experience of advocacy on behalf of young people.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to travel throughout the locality to meet the requirements of the post.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in Welsh. (D)

Why Join Barnardo's Cymru?

At Barnardo's, we believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to thrive.

You'll be joining a dedicated and experienced team that values collaboration, professional development and innovation, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of local children, young people and families every day.

Additional Information

Please provide detailed information within your application demonstrating how your experience, qualifications, employment, volunteering or training meet the requirements outlined in the Person Specification.

This post is permanent but remains subject to continued funding. Should funding arrangements change in the future, a redundancy consultation or TUPE process may apply.

Interested?

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Glen Ellis
Children's Services Manager
[email protected]

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.