Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner

Via; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in London is looking for a leader to enhance community treatment pathways in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). This role involves managing complex cases and improving partnerships with mental health services. If you have experience in outreach and are passionate about driving results, this position is for you. The organization promotes an inclusive workplace and encourages diverse candidates to apply.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex cases within the Criminal Justice System (CJS).
• Leadership experience in Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership in developing CJS pathways.
• Enhance partnership collaboration with Mental Health and Learning Disability services.
• Manage a caseload of CJS complex cases.
• Line-manage a team delivering Outreach interventions.

Job description

Overview

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 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 our Benefits 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.

Responsibilities

• Support the wider leadership team within Greenwich and further develop CJS pathways, with a focus on prison releases to community treatment.
• Improve partnership working with Mental Health and Learning Disability services.
• Be an important part of the management team and contribute to achieving results.
• Work closely with the Harm Reduction Senior Practitioner to increase capacity within the service.
• Carry a caseload of CJS complex cases to engage and retain individuals in treatment.
• Line-manage a team delivering Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.

Qualifications

• Not explicitly listed in the provided description. The role involves caseload management of CJS complex cases, leadership of Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions, and collaboration with multiple services.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Rutanya Ford, Navigation team Leader via [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 7 October at midnight. Interviews are likely to take place on 20 October.

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).