Adolescents Worker - SORTED

We are looking for a practitioner who has direct experience of working within a multi-agency setting to work to address young people's support needs as they transition to adulthood and may be experiencing difficulties in relation to substances. You will join an experienced and committed team of drug and alcohol workers and leaving care workers, who all share the same ethos around achieving the best possible outcomes for young people. You will carry a manageable caseload of young people and co-work cases alongside social workers to support a smooth transition to leaving care. The Sorted team is co-located within Northumberland Adolescent Service. This is a specialist service developed to provide tailored support specific to adolescents. It is composed of a variety of services including an accommodation service, substance misuse service, youth justice service, exploitation team and the participation team

Do you have a passion for relational work with young people, particularly in relation to substance misuse support? Are you an experienced and dynamic practitioner?

Do you want to work for Northumberland County Council, Children's Social Care, an employer who will support you and provide you with career development opportunities in a Service that is rated Outstanding by Ofsted? If the answer to those questions is YES, then we are the place for you. Northumberland Adolescent Service are looking for a motivated and passionate practitioner to take on an opportunity within their young person's drug and alcohol team, Sorted for a fixed-term 18-month post. The successful candidate will hold a specialist role to support young people who are care experienced, and open to the Leaving Care service within NAS., We have some other outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (rising to 31 after 5 years of service) (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme applicable to the majority of roles
• Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
• A commitment to work-life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, part-year working, and compressed hours
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