Recovery and Wellbeing Practitioner
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,940.00 to £30,762.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Salary is dependent on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Ellesmere Port, Cheshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Job 0318 |
Summary
The Role
You will have experience of working within substance misuse or a related Health and Social Care setting is essential. You must be committed, resourceful and highly motivated to engage with people using our service within treatment services and promote recovery through their daily practice.
Based within the Ellesmere Port integrated Drug and Alcohol Service, your role will support adults who use our service within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals via 1:1s and structured groupwork programme. Your responsibilities will include:
• To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to people and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• You will need to have experience in working within substance misuse services.
• To manage a case load and co-ordinate and deliver assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning and risk assessments.
• You will need to have experience of delivering structured treatment groups.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.
• You will deliver harm reduction advice, psychosocial interventions, needle & syringe exchanges, Blood borne virus testing and interventions, drug testing and overdose prevention advice.
An empathetic and non-judgmental approach is imperative, as this role involves working with a wide range of challenging issues and behaviours.
Good time management and IT skills are essential
The service: Cheshire West and Chester is a fully integrated recovery service delivered by Via We offer free and confidential support for individuals affected by drug and alcohol problems and their families and carers. We believe with the right support; people can make long-lasting transformations in their lives to improve their health and wellbeing
Location: Base, Unity House 4 York Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 0DB
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 and to find out more about VIA visit Who we are | Via.org.uk
To find out more about our service, visit New Beginnings in Cheshire West and Chester.
For an informal discussion about the position, or if you would like to visit the service, please contact Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 22nd February at midnight.
You will need to be available for Interview week commencing 23rd February 2026
We accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. 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.
You will have experience of working within substance misuse or a related Health and Social Care setting is essential. You must be committed, resourceful and highly motivated to engage with people using our service within treatment services and promote recovery through their daily practice.
Based within the Ellesmere Port integrated Drug and Alcohol Service, your role will support adults who use our service within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals via 1:1s and structured groupwork programme. Your responsibilities will include:
• To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to people and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• You will need to have experience in working within substance misuse services.
• To manage a case load and co-ordinate and deliver assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning and risk assessments.
• You will need to have experience of delivering structured treatment groups.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via policies and Safeguarding principles.
• You will deliver harm reduction advice, psychosocial interventions, needle & syringe exchanges, Blood borne virus testing and interventions, drug testing and overdose prevention advice.
An empathetic and non-judgmental approach is imperative, as this role involves working with a wide range of challenging issues and behaviours.
Good time management and IT skills are essential
The service: Cheshire West and Chester is a fully integrated recovery service delivered by Via We offer free and confidential support for individuals affected by drug and alcohol problems and their families and carers. We believe with the right support; people can make long-lasting transformations in their lives to improve their health and wellbeing
Location: Base, Unity House 4 York Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 0DB
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 and to find out more about VIA visit Who we are | Via.org.uk
To find out more about our service, visit New Beginnings in Cheshire West and Chester.
For an informal discussion about the position, or if you would like to visit the service, please contact Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 22nd February at midnight.
You will need to be available for Interview week commencing 23rd February 2026
We accept applications via http://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. 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.
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