Job Reference
JOB0111
Location Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge
Salary £29,124 - £32,946 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate
Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time
Working Hours 37.5 hours per week
Application Deadline Sunday, February 9, 2025
Job Summary Are you an experienced recovery practitioner looking for an opportunity to work more independently by expanding and strengthening pathways from inpatient settings to Via’s community support?
The Role With a primary focus on increasing the engagement of people who are referred to Via whilst an inpatient in hospital, you will be responsible for: Delivering a regular schedule of visits to inpatient settings across the borough of Redbridge, visiting both existing participants of Via, and engaging with inpatients who would benefit from engaging with Via at discharge. Using effective motivational interviewing and other key skills, to develop a working alliance with inpatients that encourages them to attend Via at discharge. Supporting seamless continuity of care for existing and new people who use our service coming to Via following an inpatient stay, including support to access relapse prevention medications and groups, and ‘hand holding’ to their first appointment. Holding a caseload of people referred whilst inpatient, to ensure that communication with professionals in Via and other agencies, is coordinated and updated regularly and they are assessed in a flexible way to commence appropriate treatment with Via at discharge. Maintaining a high standard of professional communication with our valued secondary care services, to ensure Via is viewed as a collaborative, caring, and responsive partnership supporting people who are experiencing poor physical or mental health and/or inequalities and barriers to accessing treatment. You will play a key role in maintaining strong partnerships with hospital and secondary care settings across the borough, including hospital drug and alcohol liaison services, inpatient psychiatry wards, and home treatment teams. This new role will provide you with significant scope for growth, innovation and some autonomy, within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals. You will have the opportunity to progress through Via’s pay-scales by completing our Tackling Substance Misuse qualification, as well as access a wide range of other learning and observation opportunities.
The Service Via deliver a range of services supporting the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities in the London Borough of Redbridge - including adult and young people’s drug and alcohol services, sexual health, smoking cessation, and an outreach and rough sleeper team.
Location Our main hub is in Ilford Town Centre, a short walk from Ilford Station on the Elizabeth Line, and served by many bus routes. There is also reduced parking costs available nearby. This role involves regular travel across the borough of Redbridge to secondary care and other settings to engage proactively with people and inpatients. Our main hours of work are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, with some evening sessions supported on rotation with other colleagues.
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
Helen O’Connor, Area Manager , via Helen.OConnor@viaorg.uk. The closing date for applications is
Sunday 9 February at midnight . Interviews are likely to take place on Tuesday 17 February and will be in person.
We only accept applications via
this link
using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit
this link . 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.
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Location Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge
Salary £29,124 - £32,946 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate
Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time
Working Hours 37.5 hours per week
Application Deadline Sunday, February 9, 2025
Job Summary Are you an experienced recovery practitioner looking for an opportunity to work more independently by expanding and strengthening pathways from inpatient settings to Via’s community support?
The Role With a primary focus on increasing the engagement of people who are referred to Via whilst an inpatient in hospital, you will be responsible for: Delivering a regular schedule of visits to inpatient settings across the borough of Redbridge, visiting both existing participants of Via, and engaging with inpatients who would benefit from engaging with Via at discharge. Using effective motivational interviewing and other key skills, to develop a working alliance with inpatients that encourages them to attend Via at discharge. Supporting seamless continuity of care for existing and new people who use our service coming to Via following an inpatient stay, including support to access relapse prevention medications and groups, and ‘hand holding’ to their first appointment. Holding a caseload of people referred whilst inpatient, to ensure that communication with professionals in Via and other agencies, is coordinated and updated regularly and they are assessed in a flexible way to commence appropriate treatment with Via at discharge. Maintaining a high standard of professional communication with our valued secondary care services, to ensure Via is viewed as a collaborative, caring, and responsive partnership supporting people who are experiencing poor physical or mental health and/or inequalities and barriers to accessing treatment. You will play a key role in maintaining strong partnerships with hospital and secondary care settings across the borough, including hospital drug and alcohol liaison services, inpatient psychiatry wards, and home treatment teams. This new role will provide you with significant scope for growth, innovation and some autonomy, within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals. You will have the opportunity to progress through Via’s pay-scales by completing our Tackling Substance Misuse qualification, as well as access a wide range of other learning and observation opportunities.
The Service Via deliver a range of services supporting the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities in the London Borough of Redbridge - including adult and young people’s drug and alcohol services, sexual health, smoking cessation, and an outreach and rough sleeper team.
Location Our main hub is in Ilford Town Centre, a short walk from Ilford Station on the Elizabeth Line, and served by many bus routes. There is also reduced parking costs available nearby. This role involves regular travel across the borough of Redbridge to secondary care and other settings to engage proactively with people and inpatients. Our main hours of work are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, with some evening sessions supported on rotation with other colleagues.
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
Helen O’Connor, Area Manager , via Helen.OConnor@viaorg.uk. The closing date for applications is
Sunday 9 February at midnight . Interviews are likely to take place on Tuesday 17 February and will be in person.
We only accept applications via
this link
using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit
this link . 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.
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