Recovery Practitioner JOB0265

• Job Reference
• JOB0265
• Location
• West Berkshire
• Salary
• £26,940 - £30,762 per annum
• Vacancy Type
• Permanent/Full Time
• Working Hours
• 37.5 hours per week
• Application Deadline
• Wednesday, November 12, 2025
• Job Summary
• Would you like to join us in supporting those effected by drug and alcohol issues to improve their health and wellbeing?The Role

  Based within the core West Berkshire integrated Drug and Alcohol Service, this Recovery Practitioner role will support adult service users within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals, via 1:1s and structured groupwork packages.

  The role will involve:

  • To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to service users and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
  • To manage a case load and coordinate and deliver assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
  • To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all VIA policies and Safeguarding principles.

  The core hours of this role will be Monday- Friday 9am until 5pm, but there will be some occasional out of hours work which would be considered on a rota basis

  Please take a look at our Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and requirements of this role

  Location

  1 Station Road, Newbury, RG14 7LP (the role may also involve some outreach across the county)

  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 discussion about the role, please contact

  Joanne Stevenson, Team Leader on joanne.stevenson@viaorg.uk

  The closing date for applications is

  Wednesday 12 November 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 email

  people@viaorg.ukif you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.