Substance Use Practitioner - Surrey Probation Service

The role of Substance Use Practitioner will compliment the existing probation team, managing an identified caseload of young adults, addressing substance misuse issues, and reducing the risk of re-offending. The team works in the heart of communities, to deliver treatment packages that are tailored to the needs of young people, and their families or carers.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

• Working alongside Surrey Probation Service, offering an initial triage service and assessment for referred young adults, aged between 18 – 25 years of age.
• Offering accurate information on assessment and therapeutic interventions available through Catch22 SYPSUS, and contributing to assessment and care planning, related to targeted and specialist interventions for young adults with substance use issues.
• Providing sustained support to a pre-defined caseload of young adults who are referred by means of effective assessment and care planning, and acting as a link worker between Surrey Probation and Catch22 SYPSUS, to ensure delivery of an integrated provision for young adults.
• To work alongside Surrey Probation colleagues providing consultation and guidance, and assessing levels of presenting risk associated with substance use. Providing support in managing related risks by escalating cases appropriately according, providing substance use interventions, and/or signposting to ensure onward referral and/or transition of young adults to Catch22 SYPSUS as appropriate.
• In partnership with SYPSUS colleagues, delivering training and workshops to support and upskill probation staff, identifying and developing resources to support professionals working with young adults and substance use issues.

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• Good ICT skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Relevant qualification in either youth work studies, counselling, health and social care, and/or relevant experience of therapeutic delivery, and alternative suitable qualifications.
• Relevant experience in delivering specialist therapeutic substance misuse interventions with young adults, and able to assess and identify early indicators of risk.
• Access to a car, a full driving licence, valid MOT, and business insurance.

Salary: up to £27,000 ( dependent on knowledge skills, and experience )
Hours of Work: Full time 
Contract: Permanent
Flexibility: This is a outreach and engagement role within the Surrey community (main office is in Leatherhead)

 *This role requires an up to date driving licence, access to a vehicle, MOT and business insurance.
*You may be required to work out of hours, including evenings and weekends where necessary, in addition to travel around Surrey on a daily basis, and occasional travel around the UK.
*Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required.

Catch22 is committed to staff recruitment and retention and offers a range of training, learning and development opportunities. Your continuous professional development is as important to us as it is to you.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume of interest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media. 

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.