Administrator / Receptionist

Are you an individual who is interested in working in the substance misuse sector to help people make positive changes in their lives? This new role is an opportunity to join one of Via’s flagship services.

The Role

The receptionist for Via Brent, New Beginnings is the ‘first face of the service’, providing a warm and professional welcome for those who use our services, professionals and our local partners and stakeholders.

The post-holder will be able to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude and an ability to engage with people from diverse backgrounds. With strong IT and communication skills, they will be able to manage a busy reception, switchboard and support the service with taking and processing referrals and assessments, correspondence and invoices.

The Service

Via Brent, New Beginnings is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing psychosocial and clinical interventions in partnership with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The service is based across 2 hubs; Cobbold Road and the Willesden Centre for Health. 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 Brent residents, irrespective of circumstance.

Location

This post will predominately be based at the Willesden Centre for Heath (NW10 3RY) however there may be occasional need to work across other areas within the borough.

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, contact June Ramsey, Administrator Lead, june.ramsay@viaorg.uk or 07918 608818 or Max Griffiths, Service Manager, max.griffiths@viaorg.uk or 07557 393980.

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

We only accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/. 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 people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.