Service User Involvement Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Mitcham, United Kingdom Via Westminster Drug Project Full time

Job Summary

The Role

The Service User Involvement Practitioner champions service user involvement and co-production within the service. They will deliver groups and courses to those that use our services, as well as training to partner agencies. They will support with their Education, Training and Employment and line manage Peer Mentors.

The Service User Involvement Practitioner will also hold a small caseload of people, delivering psychosocial interventions to support them to achieve their recovery goals.

We are seeking committed, organised and highly motivated candidates, with an in-depth knowledge and experience of the challenges affecting people with substance misuse and related health and wellbeing issues.

The Service

Launched in 2018, Via Merton is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions, operating from a main treatment hub, with additional satellites within the community. The team actively promotes recovery and works with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Merton residents, irrespective of circumstance.

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 Alex Hatfield , Service Manager via

The closing date for applications is Sunday 28 April 2024 at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Thursday 2 May 2024.

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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