Criminal Justice Practitioner JOB0276

• Job Reference
• JOB0276
• Location
• Hillingdon
• Salary
• £29,124 - £32,946 per annum inclusive of London Weighting where applicable
• Vacancy Type
• Permanent/Full Time
• Working Hours
• 37.5 hours per week
• Application Deadline
• Sunday, November 23, 2025
• Job Summary
• Do you have a passion for and understanding of working with substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups? This may be the job for you.The Role
  • To facilitate seamless access to drug and alcohol service provision across the criminal justice pathway, supporting improved outcomes and reductions in offending behaviour.
  • To take an assertive approach to the coordination/delivery of assessment and engagement, including for Drug/Alcohol related court orders and prison engagement, delivering evidence-based interventions (brief and structured) and recovery planning.
  • To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholders in particular criminal justice partners, across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.
  • Deliver criminal justice interventions, such as supporting the IOM scheme, delivering Required Assessments (RAs), Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) and Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) assessments.
  The Service

  The ARCH treatment service, led by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), is a community substance misuse treatment service that offers a broad range of treatments from different teams, including the Via Criminal Justice Team. We work with people at any stage of their alcohol or drug difficulties to provide a single point of access to assessment and treatment.

  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

  Rosie Williams, Service Manager via emailRosie.Williams@viaorg.uk

  The closing date for applications is

  Sunday 23rd November at midnight.Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 1^stDecember 2025.

  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 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.
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