NEET Drug and Alcohol Worker

NEET Drug and Alcohol Worker

Location: Rugby

Department: Warwickshire CYPDAS

Salary: £24,000- £26,385 p.a

Contract Type: 9 Month Fixed Term, 37 hour

About The Role

Fixed-term contract until March 2023

This new and exciting role, funded by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID), provides an innovative approach to engaging young people and young adults not in education, employment or training who are vulnerable to problematic substance misuse. Using an outreach model, the post holder will actively work with partners to identify those young people deemed most at risk or hard to reach who are not accessing universal education or mainstream services to enable them easier access into targeted and specialist treatment within a young people’s substance misuse service.

Building on the current successful CYPDAS delivery model, the NEET Drug and Alcohol worker will specifically focus on and collaborate with Warwickshire’s existing targeted youth support offer across the county, proactively engaging with young people within their communities at places and times they meet, to include evenings and weekends. Using a variety of approaches and skills to engage and establish relationships with young people (aged 12-25 years) disengaged from learning, NEET, or from vulnerable groups into substance misuse services.   

The NEET Drug and Alcohol worker will hold a caseload of young people presenting with, or at risk of problematic substance misuse. 

The role is funded by OHID initially until March 2023 with strong indication the role will be extended until March 2025.

About You

You will have:

• Relevant qualification in substance misuse/youth work/psychology/counselling; such as a Diploma in Youth Work, Social work, Psychology or accredited Counselling or equivalent NVQ Level 4 in Children, Young People or families, social care
• Extensive experience of working with NEET young people with substance misuse issues
• Experience of detached/non office based working
• Experience of facilitating group work with children, young people or young adults

About Us

Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 27 days’ holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• 5% contributory pension scheme, increasing over time
• Family-friendly policies
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual performance / salary review

Closing date: 6 September 2022

We value diversity at Compass and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.