Substance Misuse Worker

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in St Helens to assist with the appointment of a Substance Misuse Worker, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration., To undertake assessment appropriate for young people using the service and their families as required. This will also include the use of EHAT (CAF).
To manage a caseload in order to plan, implement and review individuals referred to the service.
To work in line with NICE and other national and local guidelines to develop and deliver flexible and creative programmes of intervention for young people to address problematic substance misuse. This
will also include providing health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.
To support the pharmacological treatment of young people and work with prescribing services to assist with the management of withdrawal, cravings, detoxification, relapse prevention and maintenance.
To assist in the co-ordination, development and delivery of packages of support and training to other practitioners to enable them to identify and address issues of substance misuse, to understand local pathways and deliver brief interventions.

You must have experience of working with young people and hold a relevant qualification (Level 3 or equivalent) in health, youth work, social work or similar.
You must have a passion to work with young people to make a difference to their health and wellbeing.
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