Recovery Practitioner

**Would you like to help improve the health and wellbeing of those with drug and alcohol issues?**

**The Role**

The post arises from additional OHID funding. The post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who is committed to supporting service users in the substance misuse community and their associated needs.

The community engagement practitioner will:

- support with engaging the community and delivering training on brief screening, harm reduction and brief advice.
- work alongside partner agencies and key stakeholders and support with the firming up of referral pathways and joint working initiatives.
- carry a caseload and work with clients who are hard to reach, non-engaging and requiring reengagement and/or home visits.

**The Service**

Via Redbridge is an established, integrated community service delivered across several provisions in the Borough. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial elements and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV and health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as having family and carers and service user involvement provision.

Together we offer a wide range of pharmacological, psychosocial, recovery-orientated, health focused and inpatient interventions that support individuals and their families who wish to receive advice, assessment, and treatment for their drug and/ or alcohol related needs.

Via Redbridge is an established community service that is performing well and highly functioning. We are a friendly team of professionals who support each other. The service operates Mon
- Fri, our core hours 9am to 5pm but there are times where we might need to work occasional evenings or weekends.

**Location**

The role is predominantly based in Ilford Chambers, but at times may involve travel to external meetings and satellites within the borough, and to other Via locations as needed.

**Interviews are likely to take place on 13 December 2023.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £26,624.00-£30,446.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid volunteer time

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Redbridge, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JOB00000425