Family Safeguarding Senior Practitioner Job 0303

• Job Reference
• Job 0303
• Location
• West Berkshire
• Salary
• £31,391.00 per annum - £31,868.00 per annum FTE
• Vacancy Type
• Flexible applications can be considered
• Working Hours
• 37.5 FTE - PT applications would also be considered
• Application Deadline
• Sunday, February 8, 2026
• Job Summary

• Family safeguarding sees specialist adult-focused practitioners – with expertise substance misuse – integrated within children’s safeguarding teams.

  This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within.

  This exciting and rewarding new senior role will provide you with the opportunity to be part of this integrated team, carrying a reduced specialist caseload whilst also providing support, advise and oversight to your colleagues in the wider Via West Berkshire Service in safeguarding caseloads and matters.

  The role will involve:

  Open Access Services and Harm Reduction

  • Providing expert advice and information and training to the multi-disciplinary team.

  • Providing advice and information to parents/service users.

  • Provide harm reduction triage assessment, motivational interviewing and brief and extended interventions

  • Providing an outreach service to parents whose children are subject to Child in Need or Child Protection plans.

  Structured Programme for Substance Misuse

  The child and family substance misuse workers refer those who require structured treatment into the main pathways within Via West Berkshire

  Recovery Support

  Recovery focused, mutual aid, peer mentors and ongoing recovery activities have been identified as fundamental to building recovery capital and supporting a client’s recovery journey.

  Supervisory responsibilities

  Proving line management, support, advice and guidance to an internal team of safeguarding practitioners and acting as named safeguarding lead for Via West Berkshire Service

  The core hours of this role will be Monday- Friday 9am until 5pm, but there may 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 post is predominantly based in Newbury, but some travel across the County will be required. This role is integrated within children’s safeguarding teams so the role will require co-location. Due to the nature of this role and geographical area, it would be advantageous to have a driving licence.

  Why should you apply?
  • To be an integral contributor in our mission to transform the lives of our service users
  • To help enact positive change within the community and wider public space
  • Be part of a high-performance team that is focused on quality and welcomes innovation.
  • To benefit from our competitive salary and benefits packages and professional development opportunities.

  Full time, part time/job share, and flexible working applications are welcomed and will be considered will be considered in conjunction with hybrid models.

  To see the generous range of benefits we offer at VIA – including health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our

  Benefits Package.

  For an informal discussion about the position please contact Dani Cawsey via

  dani.cawsey@viaorg.uk

  We only accept applications via

  www.viaorg.uk/careersusing our application form, sorry we don’t accept CV’s. For guidance on how to complete the application visitwww.viaorg.uk/howtoapply. 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 are 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 Via 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.

  Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

• Job Profile
• Job Profile document