Young Person's Worker Ref: 0163ZSNHS

Job summary

Please note that this advert may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. Please include a cover letter with your application, outlining how you feel you meet the requirements of the role.

Closing date: Friday 16th October

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change peoples lives? Our team in West Kent is looking for a Young Person's Worker to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, wed love to hear from you.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us

With You in Kent for Young People is the commissioned provider of substance use support for young people aged between 10-25 years old. We offer a range of free and confidential services to young people, professionals and their families. As a service, we offer both short term and long term one to one work with young people and a range of group work options. All interventions stem from the service's ethos of providing accurate, individualised and non-judgemental support and guidance around drugs and alcohol.

Main duties of the job

This role involves working one to one with young people aged 10-18 years old delivering a range of harm reduction interventions in relation to drugs and alcohol including ketamine, cannabis, alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepines.

Our young people require a holistic approach and may be experiencing mental health challenges, missing episodes, offending and familial breakdown. As such, you will work closely with external agencies and families to help our young people achieve the best outcomes. You will carry and manage a caseload of young people, engaging them in sessions in the community such as at school, their home or in community buildings. You will be supported with case management through line management and group reflective practice sessions in addition to team meetings and practice development days.

We offer training to new staff and ongoing opportunities for learning and development, so if you love working with young people and are keen to become experienced and knowledgeable in the field of drug and alcohol harm reduction, this could be the role for you.

As a Young Person's Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum pro rata. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum pro rata. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via [email protected].

This is a fixed term role, until January 2029, working 37.5 hours per week.

Job description

Please see the linked job description and person specification for more information on the role and its responsibilities.

About us

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, well be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.