Young Persons Practitioner

Service Care Solutions are working alongside a National Drug & Alcohol Service who are looking to recruit a motivated and talented Young Persons Recovery practitioner. Please find a description of the role below.

Role: Recovery Worker

Rate: £18.14 to £20.62 per hour (PAYE exc.)/ £20.15 to £23 per hour (Umbrella/Ltd)

Location: Warrington

Working: 5 days per week. 37.5 hours.

Contract: 12 weeks with view to extend

• MUST have active Enhanced DBS
• Deliver age-appropriate, high-quality drug and alcohol services to young people and young adults (up to age 25), including support for families, careers and friends
• Provide early intervention and prevention work across youth settings to reduce substance misuse and risk-taking behaviors
• Deliver person-centered, low-threshold services tailored to individual needs and preferences
• Facilitate evidence-based one-to-one and group psychosocial interventions, taking an assertive approach to engagement and re‑engagement
• Provide harm reduction, prevention advice, education and targeted outreach, including brief interventions and resilience building
• Support young people to develop healthy boundaries, emotional resilience and self‑esteem, and prevent escalation of substance misuse and exploitation
• Deliver structured, time‑bound projects, school sessions and assemblies, responding to emerging risks such as County Lines and criminal exploitation
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and key partners to support access to education, employment, health and wellbeing services
• Support and involve volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives
• Identify and manage safeguarding risks in line with local, national and organisational policies
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary reviews and maintain accurate case records in line with information governance requirements.

If you are interested in the role, or know anyone who may be, please contact Marc at Service Care Solutions on or email m

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.

If you have any questions or queries, please don’t not hesitate to ask.