Connect are recruiting a Young Person's Substance Use Worker to support children, young people and young adults across Wiltshire who are affected by substance use. We are looking for someone who can bring creativity, enthusiasm and a person-centred approach to engaging young people, helping them make informed choices and achieve positive outcomes.
You will join an experienced and supportive team committed to delivering high-quality early intervention, prevention and targeted support services. This is a varied and rewarding role, working with young people in community settings, educational environments and through digital platforms. You will build trusting relationships with young people, complete assessments and risk assessments, develop person-centred support plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions to reduce substance-related harm and improve wellbeing.
The role also involves delivering outreach and education initiatives, promoting harm reduction messages, supporting vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups, and working collaboratively with families, schools and partner agencies to ensure young people receive the right support at the right time. You will play an important role in safeguarding young people, encouraging engagement, and contributing to positive, sustainable change.
This role is hybrid, with opportunities to work from home and designated office spaces. A valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role.
About you
At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, can manage relationships, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.
Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.
Our values
We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.
If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.
We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.
What we offer
We offer on the job support and mentoring within the team for this role, as well as training with regard to topics that are relevant to the post.
As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 26 days annual leave/ 31 days (service related), company pension scheme and Charity Worker Discounts.
Next Steps
If you’d like to know more about the role contact: Natalie Huggins on 07525 834035/[email protected] to arrange an informal discussion.
How to apply
To apply for this role please fill out our application form by 06/09/2026. You can see all our job openings and find the application form here - https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/jobs
All applicants are required to submit a covering letter that addresses the following questions in no more than 500 words:
- State how you meet the requirements for the role
- What do our core values mean to you in relation to this role?
We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce.
Pay: £26,988.00-£30,102.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
Application question(s):
- Please confirm you've filled our application form. https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/jobs/application
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Salisbury
