Young Person’s Substance Use Worker Youth Justice Service (YJS)/Gwent N-gage Job Description Role Young Persons Substance Use Worker Service Youth Justice Service Location: Newport Base Civic Centre, Newport Hours: 37 hours per week Salary: £26,265 - £28,314 per annum Reports to: Relevant Team Leaders Team Members Reporting to Job Holder: No direct staff reports Contract: Permanent, in line with funding THE SERVICE N-gage provide a Gwent wide service for young people offering support, information, and advice in relation to their drug and/or alcohol use. The aim of the Service is to provide integrated substance use treatment to young people and their families and to support and enable universal and targeted children and young people services to respond to substance use needs. This post will be based within the Youth Justice team providing substance use support to those involved with the Youth Justice team in Newport. ROLE PROFILE AND RESPONSIBILITIES In this role you will be responsible for the following: Service Intervention To assist with assessing young people identified as having substance use as a contributory factor to their offending To provide secondary prevention and therapeutic work with substance using individuals and/or groups coming into contact with the YJS To provide primary prevention work with non-substance using individuals and/or groups coming into contact with the YJS To empower individuals and enable them to help themselves through informed choice and decision making. To ensure access to and maintenance of appropriate support networks and services for young people. To maintain appropriate written client records and case notes. Liaison and Networking To foster and sustain good working relationships with other members of the YJS, and other local statutory agencies and community groups To accept and assess referrals within the YJS framework To liaise and communicate effectively with significant others, including families, within the YJS framework To assess other necessary services and resources in line with individual needs through referral, negotiation, mediation and advocacy where appropriate To undertake assertive outreach, targeted at young offenders and young people at risk of offending To maintain a positive profile of Barod/YJS and the services provided, through appropriate networking, liaison and multi-agency/disciplinary working and to work in a manner which dovetails with existing statutory/community provision To maintain appropriate professional boundaries To promote awareness of substance use issues generally, and in relation to young people in particular Information and Awareness Raising To provide accurate information and answer queries on drug/alcohol issues To deliver talks, workshops, presentations, provide training where appropriate To assist with organising displays, exhibitions and participate in community, agency led events where appropriate To disseminate Barod and other leaflets, posters, factsheets and other literature as appropriate To provide awareness raising training and facilitate groupwork where appropriate Other To adhere to all Barod/YJS policies and procedures To ensure the undertaking of appropriate monitoring, review and evaluation procedures To undertake appropriate administrative tasks To co-operate with requests from Barod management and administration To take up Barod’s arrangements for support and supervision and participate in all relevant internal meetings To 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 Full, current driving licence and use of a vehicle which is insured for business use. Willingness to work towards appropriate qualifications/training Relevant qualifications, including Level 3 in Advice and Guidance, Health and Social Care related topic. Training in the following areas: Safeguarding Boundaries Substance Awareness Harm Reduction Safe Injecting Psychosocial interventions Role-related knowledge, skills & experience An understanding of youth justice issues. Literacy and numeracy skills. Excellent IT skills: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Canva etc. Time management skills. Ability to problem solve, work under pressure and work under own initiative. To work flexibly as part of a team and as an individual. Effective interpersonal and networking skills. Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to establish and maintain clear boundaries in respect of personal and professional responsibility. Passionate about working with young people. Previous experience of working in the substance use field. Experience of working with children and young people. Understanding of substance use treatment pathways. Welsh language speaker. Understanding/knowledge of ACEs and their impact. Experience of working in a trauma-informed way or knowledge of this.