Case Responsible Officer, Substance Misuse

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Case Responsible Officer Substance Misuse
• Job Location:
  
  Cheltenham
• Salary: 37280 - 40777 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37
• Contract Type:
  Fixed Term
• Duration:
  Until end of July 2026
• Closing Date:
  Thursday 13th November at 5pm
• Job Requisition Number: 12869
• This post is open to job share

We have an opportunity for someone to join our dedicated Youth Support Team as a Case Responsible Officer for Substance Misuse on a fixed term basis until the end of July 2026.

• between 37280 - 40777 per annum subject to experience
• 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
• cycle to work 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)

In our recent inspection in June 2025 our Childrens Services have been officially judged as
Good with Outstanding elements.Ofsted also said Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer a developing systemic practice methodology an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting and training all colleagues in systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive then consider a role with GCC.

The substance misuse team is responsible for providing assessment stabilisation and assisted withdrawal for individuals with substance misuse problems. They provide specialist substance misuse assessment care planning specialist risk assessment and risk management and treatment (as per Public Health England definitions) for children young people and their families.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing substance misuse treatment to children and young people across the county including:

• effectively supporting and prioritising based on risk a caseload of children and young people using substances
• a focus on harm reduction and supporting children and young people to be safer recognising that the work is undertaken with some of the most vulnerable individuals in the county
• undertaking screening and referral of children and young people in line with county protocols and safeguarding practices
• working with children and young people through the building and sustaining of quality therapeutic relationships in order to support recovery in their own communities enable them to make informed choices about their substance use and enable them to minimise and manager harm to themselves through the safer use of substances towards a goal of abstinence
• deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions including MI CBT ACRA
• using clinical supervision to reflect on own practice within the ethos of reflective and scientific practice
• contributing to health practice within the Youth Support Team so that it is developed and exercised within best practice and evidence-based guidelines
• providing staff from the Youth Support Team and partner agencies with support consultation and training on substance misuse issues

• a full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance
• excellent engagement and communication skills and the ability to communicate complex information to children and young people
• excellent skills in engaging and building relationships with children and young people
• excellent IT skills.

For an informal chat about this role please contact Louise Denman at

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