Trainee Recovery Practitioner Job 0450
Job Reference: JOB0450
Location: Chester & Ellesmere Port
Salary: £26,228 per annum, pro-rata to the hours agreed upon
Vacancy Type: Permanent/Part Time
Working Hours: Up to 24 hours (to be agreed with successful candidate)
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Who we are
At Via, our mission is to provide the best health and wellbeing support to as many people as possible, helping them to change their lives for the better.
Last year, we supported over 11,000 people across the UK affected by alcohol and drug use. Everything we do is driven by our values:
- Care. Care for people is at the heart of everything we do.
- Be human. We are accessible, genuine and humble. Always learning.
- Do the right thing. We’re open, honest and inclusive. We get things done.
We want to recruit the very best talent. We believe in nurturing a positive workplace culture where our colleagues feel valued, recognised, empowered, and supported.
What we’re looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and growing organisation.
We’re looking for Trainee Recovery Practitioner for Cheshire West & Chester (Base Ellesmere Port)
You will enjoy working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives – supporting a variety of individual needs around substance misuse. No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.
You will have a lived experience of substance misuse and possess OCNLR Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring or equivalent. Or the ability and commitment to complete this within 1 year of employment.
We’re looking for individuals with compassion, good communication skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
The role:
Some of the things you will learn about throughout your traineeship:
- How to support the recovery team in engaging people who have substance misuse problems, providing them with advice, support and recovery focused interventions to support their recovery and health care needs.
- To manage a low-level protected caseload of people through their recovery journey.
- To carry out triage and comprehensive substance misuse assessments, risk assessments and develop person centred recovery-based care plans.
- To actively promote and undertake a range of screening and harm reduction interventions including alcohol screening, BBV awareness and dry blood spot testing, offering harm reduction advice and engaging service users through the needle syringe programme.
- Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies.
- To support people affected by drug and alcohol use to achieve and sustain their recovery, optimising health, and well-being.
- Being flexible in the hours worked will be expected of the post holder including late evenings.
If you’re someone who is a good listener, stays curious, and wants to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Deadline: 7th October 2026
Salary: £26,228 per annum, pro-rata to the hours agreed upon
Vacancy type: Permanent
Working hours: 24hrs
Our Team Manager Amanda.Casey@viaorg.uk or Senior Practitioner Alice.Wainnwright@viaorg.uk is happy to talk through the role, what a typical day might look like, development opportunities.
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