Outreach Practitioner

Job Summary

Would you like to join us in supporting those effected by drug and alcohol issues to improve their health and wellbeing?

The Role

Based within the core West Berkshire integrated Drug and Alcohol Service, this specialist practitioner role will lead on outreach provision to support greater access opportunities for under-served and hard to reach communities within the County .

The role will involve:

To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to clients and their significant others, including family members, friends and carers. Delivering prevention work in a variety of community settings to prevent people from engaging in substance misusing and risk-taking behaviours. Develop strong links with a wide range of community groups to encourage and promote access into services for hard to reach and under-served groups. To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all VIA policies and Safeguarding principles

Location

1 Station Road, Newbury, RG14 7LP (the role will involve some peripatetic working and outreach across the county)

Due to the peripatetic nature and geographical area of this role, it would be advantageous to have a driving licence.

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

The core hours of this role will be Monday- Friday 9am until 5pm, but there may be some occasional out of hours work which would be considered on a rota basis.

Full time, part time/job share, and flexible working applications are welcomed and will be considered will be considered in conjunction with hybrid models.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Dani Cawsey, Service Manager via

The closing date for applications is Sunday 28 July at midnight.

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.

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