Young Persons Substance Misuse - Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Join our passionate team and help children, young people and young adults build healthier, safer futures.

As a Young Persons Substance Misuse - Health & Wellbeing Practitioner within Compass Elevation, you will support young people aged 5 to 24 who are affected by their own, or a loved one's, drug or alcohol use. Working in a person centred and trauma informed way, you will provide assessments, care planning, one to one and group interventions, helping young people reduce harm, improve wellbeing and make positive choices.

You will work across community, education and partner settings, delivering prevention, early intervention and specialist support. The role involves building trusted relationships with young people and families, raising awareness through education and health promotion activities, and working closely with partner agencies to ensure children and young people receive the right support at the right time.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference while being part of a supportive and values driven organisation committed to improving outcomes for young people.

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Experience supporting young people with emotional wellbeing, health, substance misuse or related needs.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and child development.
• Experience working collaboratively with families, professionals and partner agencies.
• Excellent communication, engagement and relationship building skills.
• The ability to manage a varied caseload and maintain accurate records.
• A flexible, compassionate and solution focused approach.

A qualification in youth work, social work, psychology, counselling, mental health, substance misuse, or a related field is essential.

Experience delivering health promotion, prevention or early intervention programmes would be helpful but is not essential.

If you are passionate about empowering young people to make positive changes and achieve their potential, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.

We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!