Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner

Royal Borough of Greenwich; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking a dynamic individual to support community treatment pathways within the criminal justice system. This role involves line managing a team, improving partnerships with mental health services, and managing complex cases. The successful applicant will also promote recovery in the community. Generous benefits include 30 days annual leave and various wellness initiatives.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex CJS cases.
• Ability to drive positive change in community services.
• Strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Support wider leadership within Greenwich.
• Line manage a team for Outreach and Criminal Justice.
• Improve partnership working with health services.

Skills

Support for community treatment pathways

Team management

Partnership working

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting people in the criminal justice system and driving positive change in community treatment pathways?

The Role

Would you like to work in an established Via service making a difference in the community and help people to achieve sustained recovery?

You will be responsible for supporting the wider leadership team within Greenwich and further develop the current Criminal Justice System (CJS) pathways. Key focuses will be on prison releases to community treatment and improving partnership working with Mental Health and Learning difficulty / Disability services. You will be an important part of the management team, and this is a significant opportunity for a dynamic individual who thrives on achieving results.

You’ll be based within the core service, working closely alongside the Harm Reduction Senior Practitioner, increasing capacity within the service. This role carries a caseload of CJS complex cases thereby further increasing capacity for those with complex needs to engage and remain engaged in treatment.

The successful applicant will line manage a team delivering Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.

The Service

Via Greenwich is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions from a main treatment hub in Greenwich and from a range of satellite services in the borough. The team actively promotes recovery and work 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.

This service is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning, it is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox alongside a comprehensive psychosocial and recovery focussed model.

Location

Via Greenwich is based at 821 Woolwich Road, London, SE7 8LG.

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 ourBenefits Package

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

For an informal chat about the role please contactRutanya Ford, Navigation team [e-mail]

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