Young Person's Targeted Intervention Worker
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Southend-On-Sea, Essex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Open Road Visions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Young Person’s Targeted Intervention Worker
Location – Southend
Hours – 37.5 – Monday – Friday
Salary / Band – £25,000 per annum
Closing date – 25th December 2025
Summary
The Young Person’s service provides a substance misuse service to young people up to 18 and a transition service for those aged 18 to 30.
What you’ll be doing
The Young Person’s Targeted Intervention Worker will work with young people, families and professionals in the community to raise awareness and provide specialised support around substance misuse across a variety of settings. You will work with young people to help them understand the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse, supporting them to make informed decisions, and encourage and increase referrals into the service.
What it’s like to work for Open Road
Open Road provides drug and alcohol treatment services and offender support services across Essex & Kent including a range of interventions that deliver mentoring, advice and information programmes. Accredited with Investing In Volunteers, our mission is to empower a diverse range of individuals, families and communities to lead healthy and more meaningful lives, free from addiction, offending behaviour and disadvantage, to ensure healthier, happier lifestyles.
Benefits to you
– £25,000 per annum
– 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, plus a day off for your Birthday!
– Royal London Pension and Death in Service benefit
– Access to our in-house Organisational Training Plan, and full training tailored to your development needs
Although this role is based in our Southend Centre, we have an optional blended approach between office and home working for the majority of our roles, after completion of probation.
What you need
– To have relevant professional qualification i.e. Youth and Community, Counselling, Social Work or NVQ3 Health and Social Care or equivalent and/or have experience of working within substance misuse service with a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
– To be able evidence relevant training, understanding and knowledge of low intensity psychosocial interventions including Motivational interviewing (MI) and Node-link mapping.
– Understanding of issues relating to substance and misuse and young people and the principles of harm minimisation.
This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service at Enhanced Adult/Child level
Location – Southend
Hours – 37.5 – Monday – Friday
Salary / Band – £25,000 per annum
Closing date – 25th December 2025
Summary
The Young Person’s service provides a substance misuse service to young people up to 18 and a transition service for those aged 18 to 30.
What you’ll be doing
The Young Person’s Targeted Intervention Worker will work with young people, families and professionals in the community to raise awareness and provide specialised support around substance misuse across a variety of settings. You will work with young people to help them understand the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse, supporting them to make informed decisions, and encourage and increase referrals into the service.
What it’s like to work for Open Road
Open Road provides drug and alcohol treatment services and offender support services across Essex & Kent including a range of interventions that deliver mentoring, advice and information programmes. Accredited with Investing In Volunteers, our mission is to empower a diverse range of individuals, families and communities to lead healthy and more meaningful lives, free from addiction, offending behaviour and disadvantage, to ensure healthier, happier lifestyles.
Benefits to you
– £25,000 per annum
– 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, plus a day off for your Birthday!
– Royal London Pension and Death in Service benefit
– Access to our in-house Organisational Training Plan, and full training tailored to your development needs
Although this role is based in our Southend Centre, we have an optional blended approach between office and home working for the majority of our roles, after completion of probation.
What you need
– To have relevant professional qualification i.e. Youth and Community, Counselling, Social Work or NVQ3 Health and Social Care or equivalent and/or have experience of working within substance misuse service with a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
– To be able evidence relevant training, understanding and knowledge of low intensity psychosocial interventions including Motivational interviewing (MI) and Node-link mapping.
– Understanding of issues relating to substance and misuse and young people and the principles of harm minimisation.
This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service at Enhanced Adult/Child level