CTM Substance Use Caseworker; Children and Young Persons and Transitions

Substance Use Caseworker

(Children and Young Persons and Transitions)

Cwm Taf Morgannwg

Flexibility to work across all areas of Cwm Taf Morgannwg, where appropriate is essential.

Celtic Court, Tremains Road, Bridgend, CF31 1TZ
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37 hours per week.

Some evening and weekend work may be required to meet the need of the service.

£26,790 - £28,880 per annum

CTM Team Leader

No direct reports.

Permanent, in line with funding.

The aims of CTM Substance Use Service are to engage people who use drugs or alcohol, and or their concerned others, to access support to make positive life changes. This includes early intervention, engaging and assessing service users, needle exchange, brief interventions, outreach, training, case management, health promotion and harm reduction initiatives and recovery and aftercare services.

Barod services are provided in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, and professional manner and in a way that demonstrates courtesy and respect for individuals using substances, and sensitivity to their unique personal situations and experiences.

The Children and Young Person and Transition Worker (CYPT) offer drug and alcohol support services for children, young people aged up to 25 and young concerned others who are experiencing problems in relation to drug and/or alcohol use.

This post will also work alongside other agencies to offer drug and alcohol support services in the community. This will include education, ensuring young people are aware of the risks associated with substance use. We will also ensure that young people in our community have early access to structured support and intervention through community based awareness raising and education sessions in youth settings.

• To work alongside colleagues to deliver substance use interventions to CYPT people identified as having substance use needs.
• To collaborate with other agencies, including Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, third sector agencies and local authority teams, to provide a holistic integrated sub- stance use service.
• Providing face to face therapeutic intervention, care coordination and support to children and young people seeking help to tackle their drug and alcohol use.
• To use prevention and outreach activities to engage proactively with CYPT and potential high risk groups to allow early identification of substance use issues and prompt interventions as appropriate
• Provide targeted outreach services to individuals who are identified as ‘un- derrepresented or under reported’ to encourage engagement in the CYPT treatment services
• Use a range of evidence based age appropriate interventions and methods that have been agreed for use within the service.
• Conducting risk and comprehensive assessments in order to assess individual needs, identify goals, prepare a support package and to review outcomes on a regular basis
• Providing crisis intervention where necessary and appropriate.
• To promote the single point of access entry point to CYPT and professionals.
• To work with CYPT in a way that promotes the Trauma Recovery Model
• Inspire and enthuse CYPT to maintain positive lifestyle changes
• Signposting CYPT on to other relevant agencies.
• Empowering individuals and enable them to help themselves through informed choice and decision making.
• Ensuring access to and maintenance of appropriate support networks and ser- vices for young people.
• Improving and supporting young people’s motivation for change.
• Supporting CYPT to maintain or build positive social networks.
• Ensuring all CYPT are contacted if they disengage with the service.
• Signposting identified populations affected by drug and alcohol use to appropri- ate services where they fall outside of the remit of the specification.
• Involving families and carers in the treatment of young…