Criminal Justice And Outreach Practitioner

The Role

Experience of working within substance misuse and Criminal Justice knowledge or a related Health and Social Care setting is essential. The successful candidates must be committed, resourceful and highly motivated to engage people who use our services within treatment services and promote recovery through their daily practice.

This role will be co located within probation offices as part of Dependency and Recovery to improve continuity of care upon release from prison, to case manage clients on probation alongside the Probation Practitioners. The role will require the post holder to assess the needs of those who use our services, deliver effective interventions, complete detailed reports, and work closely with our Criminal Justice partner agencies, clinical team and other partner agencies.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Contact, assess, refer and support drug and alcohol users in Criminal Justice settings (including Court, prisons, & probation offices), treatment agencies and other appropriate settings.

• Conduct assessments for clients, including Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) and Drugs Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) assessments.

• Care planning and risk assessment.

• Caseload management of Criminal justice clients.

• Deliver evidence-based psychosocial one-to-one interventions.

• Experience of delivering structured treatment group programmes.

• Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education including through assertive outreach, needle & syringe programme delivery, brief and extended recovery interventions, blood borne virus intervention, overdose prevention including naloxone programmes.

• Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems like Nebula.

• A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and any other relevant bodies.

You will support the day-to-day delivery of excellent drug and alcohol services to people who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers.

An empathetic and non-judgmental approach is imperative, as this role involves working with a wide range of challenging issues and behaviours, and many difficult to engage clients. Good time management and team working skills are essential in this fast-paced service.

The Service

Cheshire West and Chester is a fully integrated recovery service delivered by Via We offer free and confidential support for individuals affected by drug and alcohol problems and their families and carers. We believe with the right support; people can make long-lasting transformations in their lives to improve their health and wellbeing.

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

To find out more about our service, visit New Beginnings in Cheshire West and Chester.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Murphy, Service Manager via Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk

The closing date for applications is Sunday 24 March 2024 at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 25 March 2024.

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.