Senior Outreach Practitioner
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,575.00 to £34,052.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Salary includes London Weighting of £2,184 where applicable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 February 2026 |
| Location: | IG1 2DR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Job 0305 |
Summary
Role
The main purpose of the role is to have strong leadership and communication skills as the post holder will be providing and overseeing care to people who use our services who may be mentally unwell, have experienced trauma and who have struggled to engage with mainstream services.
Applicants will be able to work flexible working pattens with partner agencies, to give the best possible care and support the management team.
The Service
Via Rough Sleepers Projects is an integrated community service which offers Intensive Recovery Outreach And Dedicated Support to Rough Sleepers in Camden & Islington. The project provides coordinated and wrap around care to rough sleepers/street active individuals with substance misuse issues. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial elements and is CQC registered to provide a range of interventions including BBV and health interventions, OST, and community detox.
Location
Islington and Camden
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 position please contact Patricia Ballard, Team Manager on 0300 303 4545 or patricia.ballard@Viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 08 February 2026 at midnight. The interview to be arranged
Interviews may be in person or via Teams
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 visit http://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.uk if 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.
The main purpose of the role is to have strong leadership and communication skills as the post holder will be providing and overseeing care to people who use our services who may be mentally unwell, have experienced trauma and who have struggled to engage with mainstream services.
Applicants will be able to work flexible working pattens with partner agencies, to give the best possible care and support the management team.
The Service
Via Rough Sleepers Projects is an integrated community service which offers Intensive Recovery Outreach And Dedicated Support to Rough Sleepers in Camden & Islington. The project provides coordinated and wrap around care to rough sleepers/street active individuals with substance misuse issues. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial elements and is CQC registered to provide a range of interventions including BBV and health interventions, OST, and community detox.
Location
Islington and Camden
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 position please contact Patricia Ballard, Team Manager on 0300 303 4545 or patricia.ballard@Viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 08 February 2026 at midnight. The interview to be arranged
Interviews may be in person or via Teams
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 visit http://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.uk if 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.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.