Children and Young Person Substance use worker Cwm Taf and Bridgend Drug and Alcohol Service Job Description Role Children and Young Person substance use worker Service Cwm Taf Morganwwg Location: Flexibility to work across all areas of Cwm Taf Morgannwg, where appropriate is essential. Barod Base TBC Hours: 37 hours per week Salary: Starting at £25,750 - £27,759 per annum Reports to: Team Leader Team Members Reporting to Job Holder: No direct reports. Contract: THE SERVICE CTDAS provides a service to people who use drugs or alcohol, their families, and communities. This will include early intervention, engaging and assessing service users, needle exchange, brief interventions, outreach, training, case management, health promotion and harm reduction initiatives and recovery and aftercare services. ROLE PURPOSE The role of the Children and Young Person Substance Use Worker (CYP) will be based within the CYP team. The primary function of this service is to offer drug and alcohol support services for children, young people and young concerned others who are experiencing problems in relation to drug and/or alcohol use. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Providing face to face therapeutic intervention, care coordination and support to children and young people seeking help to tackle their drug and alcohol use. Use a range of evidence based age appropriate interventions and methods that have been agreed for use within the service. Conducting risk and comprehensive assessments in order to assess individual needs, identify goals, prepare a support package and to review outcomes on a regular basis Providing crisis intervention where necessary and appropriate. Signposting young people on to other relevant agencies. Empowering individuals and enable them to help themselves through informed choice and decision making. Ensuring access to and maintenance of appropriate support networks and services for young people. Improving and supporting young people’s motivation for change. Supporting young people to maintain or build positive social networks. Ensuring all young people are contacted if they disengage with the service. Signposting identified populations affected by drug and alcohol use to appropriate services where they fall outside of the remit of the specification. Involving families and carers in the treatment of young people where appropriate. To ensure consultation and participation with young people in all aspects of service delivery Maintaining good working relationships with key partners across all Tiers in particular Children and Adolescents Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Integrated Family Support Services, Social Services, Family Services, and Youth Justice Service (YJS). Liaising with referring agencies regarding individual assessments, needs and progress. Accessing other necessary services and resources identified in conjunction with individual client, through referral, negotiation and advocacy where appropriate. Supporting the Prevention team by delivering talks, workshops, presentations, campaigns and events and provide training where appropriate. Enter data onto the CTDAS case management system, Palbase, and use the system effectively to inform work with service users and concerned others Provide training or talks to internal staff or external organisations as required Take up CTDAS’ arrangements for support and supervision and participate in all relevant internal meetings Co-operate with requests from CTDAS management and administration Other duties Contribute to the development and review of organisational policies and procedures as and when appropriate. Positively promote and represent CTDAS in the public / external arena including engaging with media. Retain and maintain allinformation (paper and electronic) in line with service level agreed guidelines and statutory protocols, such as GDPR. Undertake other reasonable duties as requested, but which may not be specified within the job description. PERSON SPECIFICATION Ideally all these requirements must be met by the candidate on appointment. However, in certain circumstances a candidate may be appointed who does not meet a particular requirement. This is providing that the shortfall can be made good in a reasonable time, and the candidate brings other skills, knowledge or experience which are valuable to the role and the Organisation. Essential Desirable Qualifications and training Expected to meet basic skills in numeracy and Literacy. Health and Social Care qualification (or equivalent or relevant professional qualification) or willing to work towards. Youth Work Qualification or equivalent/relevant or willing to work towards. Proven experience of delivering structured interventions, talking therapies, CBT, relapse prevention, etc. Role-related knowledge, skills & experience Ability to communicate effectively with adults, children and professionals. Experience of working with children and young people. Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their ethnic, cultural, social backgrounds, their gender, age, religious belief, disability and sexual orientation. Proven ability to network and build professional relationships Knowledge of substance use treatment and care pathways Knowledge of substance use including harm reduction advice, information and interventions Experience of providing early identification and preventative interventions Knowledge of safeguarding procedures Experience of community engagement. Experience of delivering group work. Interpersonal skills Flexibility to work at multiple locations and flexible working hours outside the normal working week. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to problem solve, work under own initiative and able to work under pressure. High level of motivation and enthusiasm. Committed to the principles of diversity and equality Commitment to Barod values and mission. Possesses a ‘can do’, positive attitude. Other Full driving license with access to a motor vehicle. Vehicle insured for business purposes (or willing to). The ability to speak Welsh and promote the Welsh language.