Start360

Employer Location:
Phone Number: +442890435810
Email: human.resources@start360.org
Web: http://www.start360.org

Job description

To deliver age-appropriate life skills and harm reduction programmes to vulnerable young people, using or at-risk of using substances.

Responsibilities

• Recruit a range of young people across target groups to deliver the required number of cohorts of the Targeted Lifeskills Service in accordance with Public Health Agency guidelines.
• Deliver therapeutic group work and support programmes ensuring delivery complies with the requirements of the Targeted Lifeskills Service as funded by the Public Health Agency.
• Prepare and implement session plans and all related materials required therein and develop appropriate learning activities that deliver outstanding learning experiences to target groups.
• Work in collaboration with Key Stakeholders to ensure a seamless service for young people and their families.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold, or be working towards, a recognised professional qualification in a related field e.g. Youth Work, Education, Counselling (fully BACP-accredited or equivalent), Social Work or Psychology or a similar health-related discipline.
• Minimum of two years employed experience of working specifically with at risk young people and/or adults.