Young Person's Resilience Worker

• Supporting young people from point of entry into the service and through their treatment journey 
• You will lead on supporting young people who require specialist substance use interventions who are also open to the Newham youth justice service.
• Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning, post treatment support, including transfer of care 
• Identifying and responding effectively to potential safeguarding issues 
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to young people and the wider community 
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement 
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services 
• Working with young people to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, healthy, and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience 
• Working flexibly across sites where required

• Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face 
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework 
• Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field 
• Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance 
• An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency 
• Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports 
• Have excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative 
• approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives 

  

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us. 

• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme  

• Contributory pension scheme  

• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.  

• A friendly and supportive team  

• Training, career development & progression opportunities  

• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme  

  

  

 

  

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)

11/8/2026

Georgia Pearce | Georgia.Pearce@cgl.org.uk | 07787272209

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.