Substance Use Practitioner

Substance Use Practitioner
- Maternity cover

Location:

Basingstoke

Salary: from £26,097 per annum depending on experience

Vacancy Type:
Maternity cover for up to 10 months

Hours of work:
Full time, 37 hours per week

We are looking to recruit a Substance Use Practitioner
- Maternity cover in Hampshire, who will work with children and young people to make a positive difference to their lives. You’ll deliver specialist, targeted support to children and young people up to the age of 25, offering confidential and non‑judgemental advice and guidance regarding the use of drugs and alcohol, using a variety of therapeutic interventions. The work can be challenging, but it is hugely rewarding.

The services delivered by our Practitioners have proven to make a real change in the lives of our service users: 100% were satisfied with our service, 98% felt more able to make positive choices in life, 86% felt that their mental health had improved, and 91% of service users under the age of 18 left the service with a positive outcome (e.g. a reduction in risk, or an improvement in their circumstances).

In addition to the comprehensive training package offered by Catch
22, you will also have the opportunity to develop your skills and expertise through a range of additional training offered by Hampshire County Council. This role also offers the opportunity to build networks and work with a range of partner agencies and commissioners across the substance misuse sector.

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with children and young people with complex needs or vulnerabilities (e.g., within substance misuse, children’s mental health, children’s services, education, pastoral support, or SEN).
• An ability to build positive and trusting relationships with young people.
• An adaptable and resilient outlook, able to maintain a commitment to supporting service users.
• Access to a vehicle and a full current driving licence.
• Service will require regular travel across the region.
• Subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

• You can work from home/remotely once or twice a week, but this is dependent on service requirements, so we are unable to guarantee specific days.
• The role will be based in one of the hubs listed above, with regular travel required across the region.
• Enhanced DBS check is required.

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