Please note that this advert may close early or be extended, depending on the number of applications received. Please include a cover letter alongside your CV, detailing how you feel you meet the requirements of the role.
Closing date: Friday 26th June 2026
Join us as a Young Person's Worker in Redcar and Cleveland - Job Description/Person Specification
As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.
With You in Redcar and Cleveland is a free and confidential service for people affected by drugs and alcohol. We provide free and confidential support to people experiencing issues with drugs and alcohol. We are a unique service as we are part of the first ever integrated domestic abuse, drug and alcohol support service. We are extremely proud to have won this contract which began in April 2022. Would you like to be part of it and help us shape the future of our service in Redcar?
We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making a small change or stopping an unwanted habit. We work with both adults and young people. Our approach is sensitive and respectful, listening to people's stories and learning from them. We are innovative and bold working with partners across Redcar and Cleveland providing a service that meets everyone's needs; if a person is homeless, in work, has a family, is alone, not in work, has children, we tailor support so it fits them and their individual recovery goals.
The service embraces stakeholders and our partnerships; including health, mental health, criminal justice, social care, education and training and our recovery and peer support partners. As part of your role you will be expected to deliver education sessions on substances to primary and secondary schools and external professionals and t have the skills to deliver group work. Flexibility is needed within this role as you may be needed to start earlier to accommodate for school times.
We have recently secured ongoing funding and as a result, we have an excellent opportunity to join our team on a permanent basis in Redcar and Cleveland as a Young Person's Worker focusing on the criminal justice area. This role requires applicants to be flexible and adaptable to change in a fast paced environment and you will be able to manage a complex caseload and build rapport with both service users and internal and external stakeholders, representing With You to promote specialist treatment and support. The skill to motivate and engage young people is vital as well as the ability to competently assess and manage risk. The role will be working within all aspects of the criminal justice remit, which includes managing a complex criminal justice caseload, as well as non criminal justice caseload. working in a custody setting and regular communication with partner agencies including courts, police, probation, youth offending and prison colleagues. Ideally you will have experience of working in a health social care/ substance misuse setting with Safeguarding and risk management experience.
As a Young Person's Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via [email protected].
This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.
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28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
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An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
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Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
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2 days paid volunteer leave per year
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Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
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Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
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Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
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We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period
We’ll be excited to see the following in your application:
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OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
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This post requires traveling so a driving licence is essential
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Experience of working with young people and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work
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Experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with young people
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Excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including liaising with professionals to support young people
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The ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience
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Good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands
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Excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people
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The ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner
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Effective IT skills and the ability to use different packages and digital media
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
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