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Job Reference JOB0218 Location Gloucester Salary £26,940 - £30,762 per annum (FTE) - pro rata Vacancy Type Permanent/Part Time Working Hours 17.5 hours per week Application Deadline Sunday, July 20, 2025 Job SummaryAre you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of people facing homelessness, substance use, and mental health challenges? The Role This is an exciting opportunity to hold a small complex case load working with those who may be experiencing homelessness, with substance misuse, alcohol and mental health difficulties as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Making positive changes in peoples’ lives, through a non-judgmental, recovery-based approach that values the strengths and choices of those individuals. Through joining Via, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and innovative service. The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of care to people who are experiencing homelessness as well as substance misuse and mental health difficulties and will be using our service to access treatment for substance use and their complex needs, in partnership with our clinical team, counsellors and other professionals involved in service user care. You will have an in-depth knowledge and experience of the challenges affecting people with substance use and related health and wellbeing issues. Working as part of a dynamic team you will be responsible for managing a caseload of people, to include prescribing, providing a good quality of interventions at varying stages of their recovery as well as developing and delivering a wide range of groups. The duties are varied, and no two days will be the same. Please note this position is subject to enhanced DBS checks. As well as a rewarding role and a diverse and inclusive team environment, check out our excellent benefits as a further reason to join our team! The Service Adult Drug and Alcohol Services across Gloucestershire transferred to Via on 1 st April 2024. The role is partnership based (CHPSS Team) and provides a great opportunity to build on existing service strengths, drive new developments and make a positive impact as part of this new contract. Location This is a county wide role, but your base will be the Rikanel Centre and Via hub in Gloucester, with travel to other locations as 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 our Benefits Package This is a permanent, part-time vacancy for 17.5 hours per week, working pattern negotiable. For an informal chat about the role please contactJenni Whale, In Reach Team Leadervia The closing date for applications is20 July 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 accept applications via using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit . 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 email if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format. Job Profile JD Outreach Practitioner - CHPSS#J-18808-Ljbffr