Senior Substance Use Practitioner Maternity Cover

This is a 12-month fixed term post to cover maternity leave till 31/01/2027 and/or it could be an excellent secondment opportunity for current Catch22 senior practitioners who would like to develop their experience and knowledge within another Catch22 service.

This exciting role has responsibility for contributing to the strategic development and operational management of Catch22 Surrey Young Peoples Substance Use Service (SYPSUS). This is a county-wide specialist treatment service offering; one-to-one support to young people and their families a 24-hour helpline counselling and pharmacological support as part of a tailored recovery approach for young people aged 11 to 25-years-old.

The Surrey team are a safe happy and supportive team of dedicated and passionate individuals with a great sense of humour and collaboration.

Your day-to-day tasks will be:

• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality services that meet all targets standards and KPIs and taking prompt action to address any areas of underperformance.
• Recruiting managing motivating coaching and developing a staff team including carrying out annual appraisals and regular supervision meetings.
• Ensuring that all safeguarding processes are followed and that staff are clear that safeguarding is everyones responsibility.
• Building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Strategic Partners Commissioners and Government Agencies to promote Catch22 and seeking opportunities to collaborate.
• Making sure that the diverse needs and aspirations of all groups of service users are considered in service planning and delivery.
• Guaranteeing young people parents/carers/families have ease of access to a range of support mechanisms and services.

This post will involve travel across the country and occasional evening and weekend working.

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Qualifications :

Essential qualifications

• NVQ3 Health & Social Care or equivalent / appropriate qualification including relevant professional qualifications in substance misuse youth work studies counselling qualification / criminal justice. 

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of Alcohol/Substance misuse.
• Specialist knowledge in substance misuse assessment and interventions and skills including CBT MI ITEP.
• NVQ3 or equivalent in leadership / management.

Experience

• Supervising and line management of staff in the delivery of substance misuse treatment and working with young people and families to achieve positive outcomes.
• Design and delivery of training presentations and activities to individuals groups and other professionals.
• Effective working in a multiagency environment to support and safeguard young people.
• Experience of working with young people and families with substance misuse and associated complex needs.

Additional Information :

Salary: 32620 
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week
Contract: 12 months Fix-term 
Flexibility: Opportunities for flexible homeworking available (main office is in Leatherhead)

This role requires an up to date driving licence access to a vehicle MOT and business insurance.
You may be required to work out of hours including evenings and weekends where necessary in addition to travel around Surrey on a daily basis and occasional travel around the UK.
*Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check required.

Catch22 is committed to staff recruitment and retention and offers a range of training learning and development opportunities. Your continuous professional development is as important to us as it is to you.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 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.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced/care leaver Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process.  Please contact if you would like to find out more about this support.  This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme please see here. You can also watch an animation on the programme here. 

Catch22s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have Banned the Box. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead we invite disclosures at interview stage and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time