Case Responsible Officer (Substance Misuse), Fixed Term

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

We are looking for passionate, motivated and resilient individuals to join our Youth Support Team as a Substance Misuse Case Responsible Officer.

The Youth Support Team works with vulnerable, at-risk young people and those with complex needs, providing targeted support that helps them overcome barriers and achieve positive outcomes. The service brings together expertise from youth justice, education, housing, exploitation, substance misuse, SEND, missing children, sexual health and employment support to ensure young people receive the right help at the right time.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people, supporting them to engage with education, training, employment and their communities whilst reducing risk and promoting long-term wellbeing.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Salary between 37,280 - 40,777 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to our Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

As a Case Responsible Officer, you will manage a caseload of young people, assessing needs and risks, developing intervention plans and delivering targeted support to help them achieve positive outcomes.

Working alongside families, schools, partner agencies and communities, you will:

• Build positive and trusting relationships with young people and their families.
• Undertake assessments and develop tailored intervention plans.
• Deliver one-to-one and group-based interventions.
• Work collaboratively with partners to provide joined-up support.
• Review progress and adapt plans to meet changing needs.
• Maintain accurate records and reports.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary decision-making and duty systems.
• Promote safeguarding, inclusion and positive outcomes for young people.

The role offers opportunities to develop specialist knowledge across a range of areas including youth justice, NEET support, exploitation, housing, SEND, substance misuse and missing children services.

As part of our innovative multi-disciplinary Health Team, you will work directly with children and young people whose lives have been affected by substance use, complex trauma, exploitation, safeguarding concerns, or wider health inequalities. You will build meaningful relationships with children, young people, their families and professionals across social care, education, health, police, and the voluntary sector, delivering evidence-based interventions that improve outcomes and reduce harm.

Your work will include specialist harm reduction, substance use treatment, access to drug testing and clinically appropriate naloxone, alongside holistic assessment, formulation, and care planning. Supporting children in care, care leavers, those involved in youth justice, and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), you will help young people understand their substance use, develop healthier coping strategies, and achieve their personal goals.

You will also contribute to the development of services by delivering high-quality training, consultation, and specialist advice, ensuring children remain at the centre of collaborative practice across Gloucestershire.

We're looking for individuals who are committed to helping young people fulfil their potential.

For the CRO role, you'll hold a relevant degree or an NVQ Level 4 qualification or equivalent professional qualification in areas such as Youth Work, Social Care, Education, Criminal Justice, Health or Advice and Guidance.

A full UK driving licence is required, and the post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The Youth Support Team operates between 9am and 9pm, therefore flexibility to work outside standard office hours is required.

If you have any questions please email.

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Louise Denman.

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications. Interviews are due to take place in person Wednesday 5th August and Thursday 9th August.

If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Careers hub.

We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career. Depending on your qualification date and previous experience, you will be invited to either join our accredited ASYE programme or to complete an alternative early career development in-house pathway. The appropriate option will be explored and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential shortlisting criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. These references will then be discussed in your interview. Please give details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present and/or last employer and the other from a previous employer(s). These will need to cover the last three years of employment/education.

To ensure we process your application in a speedy and efficient way, we will contact your referees by DocuSign. Where appropriate, please inform them of your application.

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This Position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a customer facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.