Job Summary
Would you like to work closely with a caseload to support people into substance misuse treatment and away from crime?
The Role
Are you an enthusiastic and experienced drug and alcohol recovery practitioner, with a good understanding of the Criminal Justice system, and the challenges affecting people with substance misuse and related health and wellbeing issues? You will work closely with partners in the borough of Kingston Upon Thames from police, probation and the courts.
This exciting new role will offer you the chance to make a lasting difference to the lives of our service users, their families and the community.
The role’s focus is to assist those who use our service to address their offending behaviour, engage in recovery-orientated drug and alcohol treatment and become free from dependency.
You will provide assertive outreach to support the larger Kingston Upon Thames Recovery Team, supporting offenders to re-engage in treatment and to identify offenders who would benefit from the service.
This role is dependent upon the successful applicant obtaining Metropolitan Police clearance.
The Service
Via Kingston is an established community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as robust rough sleepers team and at a successful peer mentor service user involvement in provision.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Paul Dryland, Team Leader via or 07761 041334, or Ranjit Balra, Team Leader via or 07966 552727.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 20 July at midnight.
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We accept applications via using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.
Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.