Raven Medical Staffing are currently recruiting for a Substance Misuse Early Intervention Worker to work with Enfield Council. This is based on a 3 to 6 month contract, working 35 hours per week. Overview: Increase awareness of substance misuse through the universal delivery of information, advice and guidance to support young people in making informed and healthy choices. Deliver targeted support to young people who are at risk of substance misuse, or already engaged in substance misuse, aimed at helping them to reduce or stop their substance misuse and minimising the associated harms. Undertake substance misuse screening as appropriate and make referrals to Insight Enfield Sort It! ensuring continuity of care for the young person by supporting their treatment commencing with the substance misuse treatment service. Be able to provide structured care planned interventions to a small caseload of young people engaged with the Youth Development Service who require treatment but refuse a referral to Insight Enfield Sort It! The expectation is this will be small caseload of approximately 7 young people as the preferred approach to treatment is a referral to Insight Enfield Sort It! As part of this the post holder will need to report treatment caseload data to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System. The definition of young people s substance misuse treatment is Young people s specialist substance misuse treatment is a care planned medical, psychosocial or specialist harm ..... full job details .....