Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of The Base Kirklees.

Overview

The Base Kirklees is an innovative and forward-thinking service, with a proven track record of effectively engaging young people and young adults.

Our ethos is centred around the principles of harm reduction, we provide non-judgmental, fact-based, information and advice surrounding drug and alcohol use and the associated risks. We aim to give young people and young adults the knowledge and skills to make more informed choices, to keep themselves and their peers aware, safe, and well when it comes to drugs/alcohol.

Following an expansion of the team, The Base Kirklees are excited to advertise the role of Young Adult's Resilience Worker.

Responsibilities

The postholder’s focus will be to work proactively with young adults to help address their substance misuse needs and alongside this, they will help forge strong working relationships and pathways with local adult support services including social care, drug and alcohol treatment, mental health and criminal justice, to help coordinate a joined-up approach to substance use and other identified needs.

The successful applicant with therefore possess excellent engagement skills and possess the ability to work in partnership with other services and share their knowledge through the delivery of training around substance misuse to other professionals.

We are looking for a creative and dynamic individual who enjoys working within a busy team. The ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines amongst competing priorities is vital in this position.

In return, we offer an incredibly rewarding role within a supportive and nurturing service that promotes the continuous professional development of its staff.

Please refer to the job description available on the Change Grow Live Wesbite for more details and essential criteria for the role and to apply. In order to be shortlisted for this job you will need to demonstrate in your application how you meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the essential criteria.

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact Olivia Armitage at Olivia.armitage@cgl.org.uk

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.