Women's Specialist Outreach Practitioner - Via

Salary details: £29124 - £32946

Location
Greenwich

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
04 May 2025

Job Summary
We are looking to recruit a Women’s Specialist Outreach Practitioner, to join the team, who will work with partner agencies to establish and develop pathways. 

The Role

You will lead on one specific area within this new initiative funded by PHE, specifically engaging with women who are vulnerable who have substance misuse issues. These will include those subject to and at risk from domestic abuse, rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness, women engaged in sex working and women from underrepresented groups who have been treatment resistant. 

You will also hold a caseload of people. 

We are looking for someone who has experience in working in one of the following areas: - children’s services; local prisons, court, probation, community safety, housing and primary care.

The Service

Via Greenwich is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions, operating from a main treatment hub in Woolwich. 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 Greenwich residents, irrespective of circumstance.

Location

821 Woolwich Road, SE7 8LJ.

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 Kasia Choluj, Deputy Service Manager via Kasia.Choluj@viaorg.uk

The closing date for applications is Sunday 4 May at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Monday 12 May.

All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values and not applications that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

We accept applications via https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit https://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.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Kasia Choluj;    Kasia.Choluj@viaorg.uk