Young People and Young Adults Recovery Worker

Please Note: A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an Essential Requirement. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Turning Point’s Leicestershire Substance Use Service as a Young People and Young Adult’s Recovery Worker. You will join our specialist Young People and Young Adult Team delivering substance use treatment to service users to under 18’s and young adults up to the age of 25.  You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths. Whether you are looking to progress into a management and leadership role or to be a specialist in your field as an Advanced Substance Misuse Practitioner at Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey. You will support a caseload of Young People and Young Adults; undertaking assessments, developing person centred recovery plans and running evidence-based substance misuse interventions in groups and on a 1:2:1 basis. You will deliver interventions both face to face and via telephone and video technology where appropriate. Multi-agency working with partner agencies including Youth Offending Teams, Schools, Police, Children’s Homes and Social Services is an essential part of this role. You will spend your time out and about, working within the Youth Offending Team, going into Schools across the county and seeing young people wherever meets their needs. The successful candidate will be a highly effective communicator, efficient and organised and have a real passion for supporting service users to achieve recovery. The ability to engage with young people and young adults is a fundamental skill required for this role. As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes: 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.