Job Description

Vacancy No

VN5086

Employment Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.00

Work Pattern

Location

309 Greys Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QS

Location Region

London

Location City

London

Location Postal Code

WC1X 8QS

Interview Date

12 May 2025

Job Details

Criminal Justice Outreach Worker - Full Time, Permanent

Located: 309 Greys Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QS

"When you choose to join us, you're choosing more than just a job.... you're choosing to make a difference"

About the role

We have exciting opportunities to join our Criminal Justice Outreach Team within the Better Lives service in Islington, North London. Our aim is to develop new and strengthen our existing Criminal Justice pathways into drug and alcohol treatment for people affected by homelessness, mental health, domestic violence, and experience of the Criminal Justice system.
You will be working across our Criminal Justice satellites such as Probation, courts, police custody and prisons etc You will be an integral member of one of our dynamic treatment team working closely with team leaders and partners developing and delivering tailored support including recovery planning and case management to enable service users to make positive changes across all stages of their recovery journey. You will provide targeted support for service users, from brief interventions through to structured treatment, ensuring that every recovery journey is tailored to individual priorities. You will take a "whole person" holistic approach, ensuring that every service user's package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, not just their substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.



If you are looking for a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day or you have relevant experience and/or are a graduate in the field of Health, Social Care, and the Social Sciences, we'd love to hear from you.

Note - This post requires Police and Prison vetting.

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Who are we...

Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) is one of England's most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don't always believe in themselves.



We are incredibly proud of the work that we do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of our services, and we have supported over 90,000 people across all our services last year. Check out our impact report

here

to read more about the important work that we have done.

What can Waythrough offer you...

? Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years' service)


Annual leave purchase scheme


Enhanced occupational sick pay


% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension


Death in service benefit


Free Will writing


Eyecare vouchers


? Blue light card discount


Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses


Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies

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Happy, Healthy You! - our wellbeing offers for our workforce


Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer

We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk

Salary Period

Per Annum

Vacancy Salary Range

26,250 - 34,650

DBS Requirement

Enhanced

Does role require Police/Prison vetting?

Not Applicable

Driving licence required for role?

No

Applications Close Date

05 May 2025