Are you a Substance Misuse Worker looking to change the lives of young people? We have a great opportunity for a full time worker to join the Royal Borough of Greenwich Young Persons Substance Misuse Service delivering Brief Interventions and Psychosocial Treatment.

You will be a highly motivated and committed individual with excellent assessment, analytical and report writing skills. You are curious and tenacious about your engagement with young people (10-18) and be able to work effectively with children’s social workers, and professionals from other agencies including Early Help, CAMHS, and Housing,. You must have experience of managing your own caseload, using initiative and working to deadlines. You will have an understanding of alcohol, opiates, non-opiates and other substances and the impact they can have on children and young people throughout their lives. You have experience and understanding of appropriate interventions to help Young People in their Substance use.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced and skilled team working in a specialised area of Children’s Services. You will make a real difference to children’s lives and build a fulfilling and meaningful career. 

Closing date: 17th October 2019.

Interview date(s): 24 & 25 October 2019. 

Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974)

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.,