Recovery Practitioner

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

Job summary

A community wellbeing service in Greater London seeks a passionate Recovery Practitioner to enhance its efforts in combating substance misuse within the local community. The ideal candidate should possess substantial experience in substance misuse, motivating individuals, and planning effective treatment interventions. This role, based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, emphasizes community involvement and support. Successful applicants will enjoy comprehensive training and a welcoming environment, with flexible working hours available.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals facing substance misuse challenges.
• Skills in motivational interviewing and brief interventions.
• Ability to engage effectively with the local community.

Responsibilities

• Work with local community using motivational interviewing.
• Identify and target partnerships in the area.
• Support individuals into mainstream services.
• Carry a caseload and conduct need assessments.
• Plan and deliver treatment interventions.

Skills

Motivational interviewing

Intervention strategies

Community engagement

Substance misuse experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

The Service

Greenwich VIA is an integrated community substance misuse and wellbeing service in Greenwich. We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and passionate Recovery Practitioner to contribute to the success of this service. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy service in a vibrant borough.

VIA is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining VIA, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organization.

The Role

• Working with the local community, making every contact count through motivational interviewing and brief advice and intervention
• Identifying and targeting known hot spots, including partnership working and joint operations as required
• Supporting the RBG (to collate and gather information from a range of sources, including street drinkers, partner agencies and residents)
• Supporting those in the area into mainstream services and working with local providers to enhance provision for this hard to engage population
• You will have experience of working with people who are experiencing substance misuse difficulties or who are vulnerable.
• The post holder will carry a caseload ensuring that assessments of need are conducted thoroughly, that safeguarding of service users, their families and the wider community are protected from harm.
• You will have responsibility for planning and delivery of effective treatment interventions to those that use our services.
• The post holder will deliver face to face, group work utilising evidence based interventions.

Location

This role will be in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (821 Woolwich Road), providing a service across the whole borough but based in Charlton. You may be required to work flexibly to provide some evening sessions and from other satellite services throughout Greenwich Borough where you will be able to support the local community.

The nearest train stations are Charlton and North Greenwich Station.

Contact

For an informal chat about the role please contact Lisa Benge - [e-mail]

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

Application

The closing date for applications is Sunday 4th January 2026 at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Tuesday 20th & Friday 23rd January 2026.

We only accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit http://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.

Diversity & Inclusion

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 [e-mail] if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.

Encouragement

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.