Outreach Practitioner JOB0220

• Job Reference
• JOB0220
• Location
• Kingston
• Salary
• £29,124 - £32,946 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate
• Vacancy Type
• Permanent/Full Time
• Working Hours
• 37.5 hours per week
• Application Deadline
• Tuesday, October 14, 2025
• Job Summary
• Come and join us as an Outreach recovery practitioner working in the borough of Kingston upon Thames.The Role

  This is an exciting opportunity to support the homeless population into treatment to address drug and alcohol needs. You will be:

  • engaging with vulnerable individuals who are or may be at risk of homelessness and have experienced housing challenges, 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.
  The Service

  Via Kingston is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions, operating from a main treatment hub in Surbiton. The team actively promotes recovery and works with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Kingston residents, irrespective of circumstance.

  Location

  The role is based at the Via Kingston, but at times may involve travel to external meetings and satellites within the borough, and to other Via locations as needed.

  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

  Ray Joseph, Rough Sleepers Team LeaderviaRay.Joseph@viaorg.uk

  The closing date for applications is Tuesday 14 October

  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

  https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visithttps://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.
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