Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Worker

Hybrid in North Wales·Full-time·Added 2 days ago (last checked 12 Nov)

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Work mode: Hybrid, North Wales
Contract: Fixed-term, full-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Monday 23 November
Pension: 4% matched pension
Commute: Cycle to work and season ticket loan

Skills

The role

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to overcome challenges? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join Barnardo's Cymru as a Project Worker 1 within our Children and Young People's Substance Use Service (Cyfle).

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support children and young people affected by substance use through targeted prevention and early intervention services, helping them build resilience and improve their wellbeing. You'll work closely with young people, families and partner agencies to deliver support that creates lasting positive change.

Driving Requirement - A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role. Due to the rural nature of the area covered by the service and the need to travel across both Denbighshire and Conwy, it is not possible to fulfil the requirements of the role using public transport alone.

Some of your duties will include

Providing one-to-one and group support to children, young people and families.
Delivering prevention, brief intervention and group work programmes.
Helping young people build confidence, resilience and achieve their goals.
Signposting and connecting young people to community resources and services.
Working with schools, professionals and partner agencies to coordinate support.
Assessing risk and contributing to plans that keep young people safe.
Raising awareness of substance misuse and supporting professionals where required.

We're looking for someone who has:

Experience of building positive relationships and working collaboratively with a range of professionals and partner organisations.
Understands the impact that drug and alcohol use can have on children and young people and the challenges they may face.
Has a good understanding of substance use, its effects, and approaches that promote safer choices and reduce harm.
Has knowledge of safeguarding principles and child protection responsibilities.
Has experience supporting children and young people through direct one-to-one engagement, guidance and intervention work relating to substance use.
The ability to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.
The ability to travel throughout Denbighshire and Conwy to meet the requirements of the role.

Need more information?

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Rachel Axon on 07849 304199 or Gleny Ellis on 07590625843

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

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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.

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