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Young Persons Resilience Worker

Job Description

Job Title: Young Persons Resilience Worker
Location
: Hertfordshire
Rate: £22 - £23 P/H Umbrella Ltd (£20.33 PAYE Inclusive P/H)

Responsibilities:
  • Engaging young people with substance use issues to provide support and structured interventions for their health and wellbeing needs.
  • Building therapeutic relationships and delivering personalized care through evidence-based psycho-social interventions, keyworking, group work, and clinical interventions.
  • Conducting comprehensive assessments and developing individual care plans to address substance use and related outcomes.
  • Supporting the development of positive peer support networks and working closely with the Safeguarding Lead to escalate and address concerns effectively.
  • Enhancing links with local children, young people, and family services to provide holistic support.
  • Participating in multi-agency meetings and ensuring timely and accurate data collection and reporting.
  • Delivering training on substance misuse issues and providing information and support to families and carers of young service users.
  • Triaging assessments and making referrals to treatment and community support agencies.
  • Supporting substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning and promoting access to treatment for underrepresented communities.
  • Ensuring confidentiality and consent in information sharing while building trusting therapeutic relationships.
  • Assisting individuals in developing protective factors, recovery capital, and achieving holistic outcomes in care plans.
  • Coordinating integrated approaches to support young people in education, employment, or training opportunities.
  • Collaborating with social, health, and criminal justice services to deliver comprehensive care plans.
  • Providing health education on harm minimization, bloodborne viruses, and overdose prevention.
  • Facilitating appropriate screening processes and harm reduction strategies for young people.
Benefits:
  • £250 Training Allowance
  • Dedicated Specialist Consultant
  • Daily Payroll Runs
  • Free Candidate Registrations
  • Referral and Loyalty Bonus Schemes
  • Sign-Up Bonus
  • Free Compliance Checks