Recovery Practitioner - FLEX Team

Viaorg; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Recovery Practitioner to join their flexible team. The role involves supporting individuals with drug and alcohol issues across various locations in Greater London. The ideal candidate will have experience in coaching and mentoring, with a willingness to travel. The position offers a comprehensive induction package and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced Recovery Practitioner with coaching and mentoring skills.
• Willingness to travel across Greater London and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

• Support service delivery across various locations.
• Provide essential support to individuals with drug and alcohol issues.

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Flexibility

Job description

Job Reference JOB0157 Location Greenwich Salary £36,185 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time Working Hours 37.5 hours per week Application Deadline Sunday, June 1, 2025 Job Summary

Do you enjoy the flexibility to work across our diverse services and make a meaningful impact every day? Join our team as a Recovery Practitioner, supporting individuals with drug and alcohol issues.

The Role

Join our dynamic and flexible team, where you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those struggling with drug and alcohol issues. As an experienced Recovery Practitioner, you'll provide essential support across various locations, ensuring our services are delivered effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cover a geographical area, supporting service delivery for short to medium periods as needed, across all our services.The locations will and could include:
  • Greater London
  • Surrey
  • West Berkshire
  • Cheshire West & Chester (CWAC)
  • Gloucestershire.

What We Offer:

• A comprehensive and robust induction package.
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
• Reimbursement of all reasonable travel expenses.

Requirements:

• Be an experienced Recovery Practitioner who can hit the ground running and coach and mentor Recovery Practitioners at host site.
• Willingness and ability to travel across Greater London and surrounding areas. The likelihood is you’ll be in one service for a period of time, but occasionally, you could be in a couple of services within a week.
• State your geographical preference on your application. While we prioritise your preferences, flexibility to work in other areas is required.

The Service

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced professionals to join our Via - FLEX Team, dedicated to delivering flexible and responsive service. FLEX stands for:

• F– Fixed role, not a fixed work base
• L– Locations, locations, locations – go where you are needed
• E– Experience essential, along with your expert skills and knowledge
• X– Xtra capacity for teams that need extra support.

As part of our vital work, the Via - FLEX Team has been developed to provide exceptional support and structured interventions to those we serve. This team operates flexibly across our services, ensuring we meet the needs of our clients effectively.

The Via - FLEX Team includes a substantive team (permanent posts) that works across a range of services, fulfilling placement needs and providing additional capacity and support whenever required.

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

For an informal chat about the role please contact Meera Callender, Team Leader via [e-mail] or Tiziana Borriello, Service Manager, via [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is Sunday 1 June at midnight.

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).

We only accept applications viahttp://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 visithttp://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.

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

Job Profile JD Recovery Practitioner - Flex Team