Ketamine Specific Young Person’s Intervention Worker
Ketamine Specific Young Person’s Intervention Worker
Location – Thurrock & Southend Young Person’s Services (Dual role, split between each service)
Hours – 30 hours per week
Working Pattern – To be discussed with successful candidate
Salary – £27,000 + £683.99 per annum pro rata
Contract – Permanent
Do you wish to develop further into a career in substance misuse support? Do you have experience in helping vulnerable people making changes in their lives? If so, have you thought about working for Open Road?
Open Road provides drug and alcohol treatment services and offender support services across Essex & Kent including a range of structured interventions that deliver mentoring, advice and relapse prevention programmes. Accredited with Investing In Volunteers and Investors in People, our mission is to empower a diverse range of individuals, families and communities to lead healthy and meaningful lives, free from addiction, offending behaviour and disadvantage, to ensure healthier, happier lifestyles.
What you’ll be doing
The Ketamine-Specific Young Persons Intervention Worker will function as a specialist ketamine lead, supporting young people affected by ketamine use while building system-wide capacity across health, hospital, and community services.
The role has a dual focus:
- 1. Developing and strengthening professional practice and pathways between hospitals and community services, including the implementation of a monthly ketamine clinic in conjunction with Forward Trust and acute hospital teams.
- 2. Providing a small, targeted caseload of 1:1 psychosocial interventions for young people with complex ketamine-related needs.
The post will play a critical role in improving early identification, clinical follow-up, harm reduction, and long-term outcomes for young people experiencing ketamine-related physical and mental health harms.
What you need
- To have relevant professional qualification i.e. Youth and Community, Counselling, Social Work or NVQ3 Health and Social Care or equivalent
- To have experience in delivering assessments and developing and implementing care plans with young people.
- To demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to accurately record statistical data.
- To be able to drive and have access to your own car.
- To have experience in using Microsoft Office package and other relevant data packages. To be willing to undertake further IT training as required.
The Benefits of Working for Open Road:
- Full job specific training including drug & alcohol, case and risk management, Trauma Informed Practice and Motivational Interviewing.
- Access to funding for further development training in many areas including a pathway into management.
- Competitive salary plus regular salary reviews.
- Flexible working or hybrid homeworking policy following successful completion of probation for most roles.
- 25 days per year pro rata AL plus Bank Holidays, and you can take an additional day off for your birthday!
- Access to the AIG Smart Health App for services including a 24-hour GP service, mental health support and wellbeing services.
- Pension and Life Assurance – Details of our Royal London scheme are available, as well as our Death in Service benefit which is x2 salary.
This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at enhanced level for adults and children.
Right to Work in the UK
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Please note that Open Road is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this position.
We welcome applications from individuals who already have permission to work in the UK, including those with time-limited visas. However, applicants should be aware that Open Road cannot provide visa sponsorship if their current immigration permission expires.
Open Road values and respects the diversity and individual differences of our services users, staff and our volunteers.
Ketamine Specific Young Person’s Intervention Worker in Southend-on-Sea employer: OPEN ROAD
Open Road is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its staff, offering a supportive work culture in Basildon. With generous benefits such as 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, tailored training opportunities, and a commitment to diversity, employees are empowered to grow both personally and professionally while making a meaningful impact in the community.
