Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner

Wdp; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established service is seeking a dynamic individual to support the leadership team and enhance outreach pathways in the community. This role focuses on improving partnerships with Mental Health and Disability services while managing complex cases. The successful candidate will play a key role in a well-functioning integrated substance misuse service, making a significant impact on community health and recovery. If you're passionate about making a difference in people's lives and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Support the leadership team in developing Criminal Justice System and outreach pathways.
• Manage a team delivering outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.

Job description

Job Reference JOB0170

Location: Harrow

Salary: £33,575 - £34,052 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term/Full Time

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Job Summary

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

The Role

You will be responsible for supporting the wider leadership team within Harrow and further develop the current Criminal Justice System (CJS) and outreach 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 Dual Diagnosis/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 Harrow is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions from a main treatment hub in Harrow and from a range of satellite services in the borough. 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 Harrow 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 focused model.

Location

Harrow Recovery Centre is based at 97 Pinner Road, HA1 4ET, close to Harrow-on-the-Hill tube station.

This is a fixed term vacancy until 31 March 2026.

Benefits

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Contact Information

For an informal chat about the role please contact Allen Quine, Service Manager via [e-mail] or 07973 459001.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 18 May at midnight.

Application Process

We accept applications via this link using our short application form, and your CV. 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.

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