Role: Lead Practitioner – Substance Misuse Vaping
Based: Plymouth with some home working
Rate: £31,347.75
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Fixed term Contract for 10 months
Hours: 37 hours Monday to Friday 9am – 5.00pm
Our client, a specialist Children’s Charity, is looking for a Lead Practitioner to lead on the service operational response to vaping of illegal drugs in Plymouth.
Synopsis of duties:
* Lead on the service operational response to vaping of illegal drugs in Plymouth.
* Develop practice and response to vaping incidents.
* Support the wider substance misuse team to develop knowledge and skills related to vaping and assist team members in providing support for children who are vaping.
* Contribute to policy development/refinement at city, school, and settings level.
* Deliver support and intervention to children and young people who are vaping illegal drugs.
* Ensure close working relationships with schools (all phases), police, youth service, trading standards, PCC targeted support, and CSC.
* Develop effective collaboration with the vaping role within the youth service.
* Train, coach, and support multi-disciplinary professionals to increase knowledge, awareness, and competence to respond to vaping by children and young people.
* Act as a credible ambassador promoting the aims of the organization and championing the rights and welfare of children and young people in the region.
* Maximize opportunities for young people to grow, have influence, and find a voice through empowerment and participation in the service and wider society.
* Be accessible as a specialist practitioner and offer consultancy to allied professionals and voluntary agencies.
* Act as a referral service to medical treatment or adult treatment services.
* Provide advice, support, consultation, and training to relevant staff.
* Contribute to the delivery and development of the Young Person’s Substance Misuse Plan and Young Person’s Alcohol Action Plan.
* Participate in and be an active member of the young person’s substance misuse team.
* Collate and monitor relevant data in line with local and national requirements.
* Maintain accurate records.
* Work within child protection and safeguarding guidelines and procedures.
* Actively pursue equality of access to services and operate within a framework of anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities policy.
* Contribute to the development of services for young people.
Essential Requirements:
* Experience of working with young people.
* Experience of substance misuse (drugs and alcohol) and awareness of national and local initiatives.
* Knowledge of the criminal justice process, specifically in relation to young people.
* Knowledge of child/adolescent development and young person-centered interventions.
* Experience working within a multi-agency and legislative framework.
* Full driving license with own vehicle.
* Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months or on the update service.
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.
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