Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Via Westminster Drug Project; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in the United Kingdom is looking for a driven individual to support residents in the Guildford and Waverley areas with alcohol-related issues. This role involves providing brief interventions, conducting assessments, and planning effective treatment pathways. The successful candidate will work closely with primary care services and stakeholders to enhance health outcomes. Benefits include 30 days of annual leave and various health initiatives.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with people facing alcohol difficulties.
• Ability to conduct thorough needs assessments.
• Skills in planning and delivering treatment interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of individuals in need of support.
• Provide brief interventions and support on alcohol reduction.
• Collate information from various sources to evaluate project success.

Skills

Experience with vulnerable populations

Motivational interviewing

Communication skills

Harm minimisation techniques

Job description

Job Summary

Your role will be a dynamic, driven individual committed to supporting residents in the Guildford and Waverley area to address their alcohol use and improve health and well‑being. Working closely with primary care services and key stakeholders, you will provide brief interventions, signposting and onward referral to meet individual needs.

The Role

Working with the local community, making every contact count through motivational interviewing, providing brief advice, and offering harm minimisation on alcohol reduction where required.

Identifying and targeting known key partnerships.

Supporting the Surrey County Council to collate and gather information from a range of sources, partner agencies and residents to evaluate project success.

You will :

Have experience of working with people who are experiencing alcohol difficulties or who are vulnerable.

Carry a caseload, ensuring assessments of need are conducted thoroughly and safeguarding for those who use our service, their families and the wider community is protected from harm.

Have responsibility for planning and delivery of effective treatment interventions for people.

Deliver face‑to‑face group work utilising evidence‑based interventions.

The Service

This is a new alcohol brief intervention service in the community, targeting Guildford and Waverley.

The service will work closely with primary care networks, GP’s, community centres and other key stakeholders to refer individuals that want support for low‑threshold alcohol use. We provide brief interventions, signposting and advice to support improved health and well‑being outcomes.

As a new service, the successful candidate will be crucial in building new partnerships and developing service pathways and processes.

Location

This role will provide support dynamically across Guildford and Waverley, working from community venues and GP’s surgeries.

We have a base in Woking which is accessible to staff for this project: The Xchange, 20 High Street, Woking.

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 Jay Small, Health and Wellbeing Team Leader via.

The closing date for applications is 29/01/2026 at midnight.

We reserve the right to close this advert early on recruitment of a successful candidate. Complete applications in a timely manner to avoid disappointment.

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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.

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