Job Description

Salary

25,392 - 27,804

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Date posted

21/08/2025

Job reference

REQ003027

Job title and organisation:

Alcohol and Substance Worker (Focussed Intervention Team) - Barca Leeds

Salary:

25,392 - 27,804

Hours:

37

Contract:

Permanent

Location:

Kirkgate, Leeds

Closing Date and Time:

Sunday 7 September at 11:59 PM

What will the role look like?

As an alcohol and substance worker and member of the Focused Intervention Team, you will be at the forefront of the Forward Leeds drug and alcohol service. Your role will be to work with service users who identify as having problems with drugs (predominantly non-opiates) and alcohol, to deliver appropriate interventions in a time-bound manner.

You will also be required to promote the service and communicate advice and information to the general public through coordinated attendance at a wide range of city wide events, presentations to varied groups, one to one engagement, work within the night time economy and many other types of public interaction.

What we are looking for?

We are looking for someone with experience of working with people with issues surrounding alcohol and drugs and someone that has experience of effective interventions.

We would like someone approachable to be able to engage with members of the public in a one-to-one setting and be able to work with a caseload of clients.

Interviews will be 15th or 16th September 2025.

To download a full job description/person specification, click

here

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If you require this document in an alternative format, please email recruitment@barca-leeds.org

A copy of our competency framework can be found

here

.

All roles are subject to funding. For further information and guidance when applying, please have a look at our

information for applicants guide

.

If you find you have any problems with our application process or you think we're not meeting your accessibility requirements, please email recruitment@barca-leeds.org

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged. The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process. Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.

Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation's policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.

Please note that although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this job role.

For more information https://joinus.barca-leeds.org/jobs/6325757-alcohol-and-substance-worker-focussed-intervention-team

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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