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Young Persons Drug & Alcohol Worker
Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people, and their families? Look no further than Humankind’s North Yorkshire RISE!
About us
North Yorkshire RISE is a specialist young people’s Drug and Alcohol service. Commissioned by North Yorkshire Council. North Yorkshire RISE works with young people across North Yorkshire aged 10-19 and up to 24 with SEND who need specialist support around Drug and Alcohol use.
About the role
As a Young Peoples Worker, you will be a vital member of our team, delivering structured, evidence based interventions with the aim of supporting and empowering individuals, and diverting them away from substance use with the overall aim of improving their life outcomes based on their need.
At Humankind, we are committed to creating a safe and supportive working environment that enables our staff to thrive. Our hybrid outreach working model includes a base site and will involve covering multiple locations to cover a county wide contract across North Yorkshire with your base being the one that is closes to your home address.
So, if you are passionate about helping others and want to make a real difference in your community, apply today to join our team as a Young Peoples Worker!
What are we looking for
Experience of working with young people, and managing a caseload of service users is desirable, as is the ability to work with vulnerable individuals with multiple needs. Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues, as well as the ability to implement and monitor risk assessments and maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries is also essential.
About you
- You will need to be proficient in Microsoft Outlook Office programmes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent report writing
- Be able to adapt your working practice to meet the needs of service users
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‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’
Who are we…
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.
We are incredibly proud of the work that we do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of our services, and we have supported over 90,000 people across all our services last year. Check out our impact report here to read more about the important work that we have done.
What can Humankind 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 Humankind Support Networks
Humankind 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 people.recruitment@humankindcharity.org.uk
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.
