Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,575 to £34,052 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Salary includes London Weighting of £2,184 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 April 2026 |
| Location: | Greenwich, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Job0262 |
Summary
Are you passionate about supporting people in the criminal justice system and driving positive change in community treatment pathways?
The Role
Would you like to work in an established Via service making a difference in the community and help people to achieve sustained recovery?
You will be responsible for supporting the wider leadership team within Greenwich and further develop the current Criminal Justice System (CJS) pathways. Key focuses will be on prison releases to community treatment and improving partnership working with Mental Health and Learning difficulty / Disability services. You will be an important part of the management team, and this is a significant opportunity for a dynamic individual who thrives on achieving results.
You’ll be based within the core service, working closely alongside the Harm Reduction Senior Practitioner, increasing capacity within the service. This role carries a caseload of CJS complex cases thereby further increasing capacity for those with complex needs to engage and remain engaged in treatment.
The successful applicant will line manage a team delivering Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.
The Service
Via Greenwich is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions from a main treatment hub in Greenwich and from a range of satellite services in the borough. The team actively promotes recovery and work with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Greenwich residents, irrespective of circumstance.
This service is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning, it is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox alongside a comprehensive psychosocial and recovery focussed model.
Location
Via Greenwich is based at 821 Woolwich Road, London, SE7 8LG.
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
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.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Rutanya Ford, Navigation team Leader via Rutanya.Ford@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 6th April 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 visit https://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.
The Role
Would you like to work in an established Via service making a difference in the community and help people to achieve sustained recovery?
You will be responsible for supporting the wider leadership team within Greenwich and further develop the current Criminal Justice System (CJS) pathways. Key focuses will be on prison releases to community treatment and improving partnership working with Mental Health and Learning difficulty / Disability services. You will be an important part of the management team, and this is a significant opportunity for a dynamic individual who thrives on achieving results.
You’ll be based within the core service, working closely alongside the Harm Reduction Senior Practitioner, increasing capacity within the service. This role carries a caseload of CJS complex cases thereby further increasing capacity for those with complex needs to engage and remain engaged in treatment.
The successful applicant will line manage a team delivering Outreach and Criminal Justice interventions.
The Service
Via Greenwich is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing clinical and psychosocial interventions from a main treatment hub in Greenwich and from a range of satellite services in the borough. The team actively promotes recovery and work with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Greenwich residents, irrespective of circumstance.
This service is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning, it is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox alongside a comprehensive psychosocial and recovery focussed model.
Location
Via Greenwich is based at 821 Woolwich Road, London, SE7 8LG.
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
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.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Rutanya Ford, Navigation team Leader via Rutanya.Ford@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 6th April 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 visit https://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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