Children, Young Person and Family Substance Misuse Worker

Job Details: Children, Young Person and Family Substance Misuse Worker

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England - and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it'll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That's why you will notice the jobs here are still branded 'Humankind'. Next year we'll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Vacancy Name Children, Young Person and Family Substance Misuse Worker

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN5272

Employment Type

Employment Type Fixed Term

Hours Per Week 15.00

Work Pattern

Work Pattern Monday to Friday

Location

Location 29 Folkestone Road, London, N18 2ER

Location Region

Location Region London

Location City

Location City London

Location Postal Code

Location Postal Code N18 2ER

Interview Date

Children, Young Person and Family Substance Misuse Worker
Fixed Term Contract - 12 month covering Maternity Leave -29 Folkestone Road, London, N18 2ER
Part Time - 15 hours per week, working X2 Days a week (Monday and Tuesday)

About the role
As a Children, Young People, and Families Worker, you will work alongside a team of professionals to provide support to families and young people affected by drug and alcohol use. You will be responsible for delivering a range of interventions, including 5-step Family Friends & Carer interventions, parenting programmes, and a parent peer support group.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working with families. We will also welcome applications from individuals with experience in health and social care, drug and alcohol, or youth work.Experience in substance misuse (either lived experience or work experience) and working with young people.

Key accountabilities:

• Manage a service user caseload, devising, implementing and reviewing on-going recovery plans and treatment, liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including family members and significant others as appropriate.
• . Carry out triage/screening assessments and comprehensive assessments with service users.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to undertake shared assessments, key working and interventions to promote individual service user progression from engagement, through structured treatment to self-sustained recovery.
• Facilitate service user access to treatment and community resources to increase recovery and social capital, supporting service users and their families within their local community.
• To lead effective case management for allocated service users, including on-going processes such as risk assessments, risk management plans and safeguarding assessments and plans. This includes the effective use of an online case management system.
• To work closely and collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team across the service and externally, providing advice and reports/ information to managers and other colleagues, through attendance at reviews, team meetings, supervision and via telephone conversations.
• To improve outcomes for children, parents/carers and families of services users by reducing the impact of drug and alcohol related harm on family life and promote positive family involvement in recovery.
• Develop and deliver quality programs and packages of work/ psychosocial interventions that meet local need across both group work and one to one formats.
• Identify and prevent potential harm to service users and others by following local and organisational safeguarding guidelines, including referral to and engagement with relevant safeguarding authorities 1
• Support delivery of key service functions through actively participating in drug screening, duty work, access to BBV testing and immunisation service provision, community needle exchange services and the ongoing delivery of appropriate, tailored alcohol and drug harm reduction interventions.
• Promote visible recovery across the service and ensure peer support opportunities are relevant and accessible for all service users.
• Reduce substance related harm to the individual and wider community.

'The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band'

To view the full person specification, please click here.

Who are we
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England - and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it'll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That's why you will notice the jobs here are still branded 'Humankind'. Next year we'll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us - and don't forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site .

What can Waythrough offer you?
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years' service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies
️ Happy, Healthy You! - our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer

We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at

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DBS Requirement

Does role require Police/Prison vetting? Not Applicable

Driving licence required for role?

Driving licence required for role? No

Applications Close Date

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