Criminal Justice Recovery Practitioner

1 week ago

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Via Full time £26,940 - £30,762 per year

Job Reference

JOB0283

Location

Gloucester

Salary

£26,940.00 to £30,762.00 per annum

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours

37.5

Application Deadline

Friday, January 2, 2026

Job Summary

The Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced drug and alcohol recovery practitioner to work within our Gloucestershire Service, working closely with partners from Probation and the courts as well as mental health and housing professionals and other multi agency partners.

Your focus will be to assist those who have been given a court order (CSTR) to engage with VIA, offer support, advice and interventions and to ensure that harm reduction advice is given. You will liaise with, housing, mental health and clinical teams supporting people to engage.

You will facilitate referrals into community services and carry out assessments working alongside the VIA hub teams and the wider Criminal Justice Team.

This exciting role will offer you the chance to make a lasting difference to the lives of people, their families and the community.

This role is dependent upon the successful applicant obtaining an enhanced DBS.

The Service

Adult Drug and Alcohol Services across Gloucestershire transferred to Via on 1st April 2024. The role is part of Via's structure and provides a great opportunity to build on existing service strengths, drive new developments and make a positive impact as part of this new contract.

Location

The post is predominantly based at our Cheltenham Hub and Probation offices across the county, with travel to our VIA hubs in Cinderford, Gloucester and Stroud.

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

For an informal chat about the role please contact Shelley Cregg, Criminal Justice Team Leader via

The closing date for applications is Friday 2nd January 2026 at midnight.

Interviews to be held week commencing 12th January

We only accept applications via using our application form, sorry we don't accept CVs. 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.

Please email if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.

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