Job vacancies
CRI is an exciting and challenging organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer and have achieved the Investors in People standard.
If you wish to apply for any of the posts advertised here, please download and complete the application form attached to the relevant job advert and return it either by post or email to the address on the information sheet at the front of the application form. Please quote the job reference as the email subject. If you would like to request a paper copy of the application form then please ring the recruitment line telephone number detailed on the application form quoting the job reference number.
Please note: Postage rates are now in relation to the size of the envelope being used and the weight of the contents. Therefore a first class stamp is not sufficient postage for an A4 envelope. Please ensure that you attach the correct amount of stamps for the application you are sending, so that your application reaches CRI by the closing date.
CRI is currently looking for people to fill the following posts:
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London (4) The North (7) The South (8) Wales (1)
London
- Team Leader, Bromley
Reference: KC217. - closing date: 3rd December - Assertive Outreach Worker, Bromley
Reference: KC218. - closing date: 3rd December - DAIS Project Worker [Part Time], Richmond
Reference: KC219. - closing date: 12th December - Sessional Workers, London
Reference: KC033. - closing date: 31st December
The North
- Team Leader, North Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe
Reference: NM122. - closing date: 3rd December - IT Systems Engineer (Northern Region), Leeds, with extensive travel to all parts of the UK and overnight stay where necessary
Reference: CH014. - closing date: 4th December - Administrator, Bradford
Reference: NM123. - closing date: 5th December - Prostitution Intervention Worker Fixed Term Contract - 31st March 2009, Leeds
Reference: NM124. - closing date: 5th December - Sessional Workers, Cumbria
Reference: NM083. - closing date: 11th December - Sessional Workers, Cumbria
Reference: NM084. - closing date: 11th December - Harm Minimisation Project Worker , Cumbria DIP
Reference: NM125. - closing date: 11th December
The South
- Substane Misuse Worker - Fixed term for one year, Basingstoke
Reference: MP588. - closing date: 4th December - Substance Misuse Worker - Fixed term for one year, Southampton
Reference: MP589. - closing date: 4th December - Project Workers x 2, Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes
Reference: MP590. - closing date: 4th December - Project Support Worker, Hastings and Eastbourne
Reference: MP585. - closing date: 5th December - Key Worker, Hastings and Eastbourne
Reference: MP584. - closing date: 5th December - Team Leader, Hastings and Eastbourne
Reference: MP583. - closing date: 5th December - P-ASRO Facilitator, Rochester
Reference: MP595. - closing date: 5th December - Project Accountant, Brighton
Reference: CH013. - closing date: 5th December
Wales
- Project Worker, Cardiff and The Vale
Reference: MP592. - closing date: 8th December
Team Leader
Reference: KC217
Salary: £29,982 - £31,334 per annum includes Outer London Weighting (Pay Award Pending)
Project: Bromley Community, P351
Location: Bromley (CRI London Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Wednesday, 3rd December, 2008
You will be required to supervise open access workers and volunteers within Tier Two/Three services, and undertake some client work using motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural techniques. You will, with the support of the service manager manage the REACH partnership open access service, and supervise partner agency staff.
We are looking for a highly experienced, motivated, enthusiastic and capable professional who is committed to providing a first class substance misuse open access /tier two/three service to clients and stakeholders.
A sound knowledge of drugs and alcohol, group work, a track record of excellent service delivery, performance management, partnership working and experience of clinical interventions are essential. Equally important are the qualities of sound decisive decision making, excellent communication skills, management of internal/external professional relationships and project / community development.
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Assertive Outreach Worker
Reference: KC218
Salary: £25,117 - £26,860 per annum including Outer London Weighting (Pay Award Pending)
Project: Bromley Community, P351
Location: Bromley (CRI London Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Wednesday, 3rd December, 2008
This post will join a team of outreach, arrest referral workers and a housing advice worker. The post will work across the Borough at satellites, and perform outreach visits to hard to reach, non-engaging, and treatment naïve clients. We are looking for an enthusiastic worker ideally with experience of outreach and criminal justice within this or related fields.
For further information please ring:
Annie England Service Manager BCDP
020 8313 6766
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DAIS Project Worker [Part Time]
Reference: KC219
Salary: £25,871 - £27,666 per annum pro-rata
Project: Richmond Tier 2
Location: Richmond (CRI London Region)
Hours: 18.75 hours per week
Closing date: Friday, 12th December, 2008
Richmond DAIS Open Access service, are seeking to recruit a candidate with commitment and drive to deliver front line engagement, assessment, needle exchange and treatment services. To be successful in this role you will need to share CRI’s passion and commitment to providing high quality services that promote and enable clients to make sustained positive changes to the lives of themselves and the wider community. The Service operates Open Access activities, from needle exchange, harm reduction and drop in work, to assessment, brief interventions, advocacy as well as participating in other structured interventions. You will be flexible in your approach to client engagement, fully committed to the principles of equal opportunities and diversity, have strong established boundaries and have knowledge of assessment and care planning processes.
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Sessional Workers
Reference: KC033
Salary: £14.15 per hour including London Weighting & holiday pay
Project: Various London Projects
Location: London (CRI London Region)
Hours: as required
Closing date: Wednesday, 31st December, 2008
As part of an ongoing recruitment programme, we are looking to expand our bank of sessional workers to cover short term emerging vacancies in a number of London projects. These include DIP, Structured Day Programmes, Street Services and Open Access.
We require flexible individuals with experience working in the substance misuse field. Experience of multiple needs assessment and care planning will be the basic selection criteria for these positions.
CLOSING DATE NOT APPLICABLE - PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT 2008 AS PART OF AN ONGOING RECRUITMENT PROGRAMME.
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Team Leader
Reference: NM122
Salary: £25,919 to £27,473 per annum
Project: DIP North Lincolnshire
Location: North Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Closing date: Wednesday, 3rd December, 2008
CRi deliver Enhanced Arrest Referral as part of the Drug Interventions Programme in North Lincolnshire. An opportunity has arisen to join an
established and experienced team as a Team Leader. The Team Leader will, in conjunction with the Service Manager, co-ordinate the
activities of the Drug Intervention Programme. You will be expected to work in partnership with the full range of staff and agencies within the criminal justice system and substance misuse arena along with other community based support
projects delivering a range of services.
The successful applicant will need to supervise staff and contribute to all aspects of project work including representing the service in appropriate forums and policy development. To
achieve this you will need excellent communication and organisational abilities.
You will need to respond to change and manage this effectively to ensure that staff are able to deliver high quality interventions to our client group.
Application Forms must be emailed to james.davies@cri.org.uk.
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IT Systems Engineer (Northern Region)
Reference: CH014
Salary: £26,696 to £28,297 per annum
Project: IT
Location: Leeds, with extensive travel to all parts of the UK and overnight stay where necessary (CRI Central Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday, 4th December, 2008
As a result of the continuing growth of our organisation we have a new vacancy for an IT Systems Engineer based in our Leeds Office. This role incorporates extensive travel to all our project sites throughout the expanding Northern Region.
The ideal applicant will have significant experience of installing and supporting Windows 2003/2008 Server, Windows Terminal Services Server and Windows XP Professional, in LAN, workgroup and stand alone environments. In view of this a good working knowledgeable of TCP/IP is essential. You will also have experience of 1st, 2nd & 3rd line support as well as a working knowledge of Cisco products which include routers, firewalls and VPN configuration.
The ideal applicant will also have excellent communication skills and proven experience of the management, installation and implementation of new and existing Local Area Networks.
The majority of time will be spent working unsupervised at our many office locations within a 250 mile radius. In view of this it is essential that you are able to demonstrate that you are self motivated, able to work on your own initiative and are also able to work as a team member in a constantly and frequently changing environment. A flexible approach to working hours is required.
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Administrator
Reference: NM123
Salary: £16,941 to £18,203 per annum
Project: DIP Bradford
Location: Bradford (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
CRI provide enhanced arrest referral and outreach services to substance misusers in Bradford and the surounding area.
For this position diligence, professionalism, dedication and a commitment to social justice are essential. In return we will offer excellent terms and conditions, a comprehensive career development plan and the training and support you will need to really make a difference to service users’ lives.
We are seeking to recruit to our Administration Team to provide a high quality administrative service to the DIP service. You will enjoy a varied and challenging role carrying out a range of tasks collating and entering client data, reception duties, financial procedures such as invoicing and petty cash, and general clerical duties.
Good communication and client/customer service skills are essential to the post.
Application Forms for this post must be emailed to james.davies@cri.org.uk.
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Prostitution Intervention Worker Fixed Term Contract - 31st March 2009
Reference: NM124
Salary: £23,387 to £25,130 per annum
Project: DARS Leeds
Location: Leeds (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
CRI’s Women’s Support team previously the Prostitution Intervention Team has been successfully running within the Drug Intervention Team for three years. We are currently seeking a project worker on a fixed term contract basis until 31st March 2009 to engage and retain a large number of female sex workers with a range of complex issues within our service.
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a substance misuse environment, specifically around harm reduction and be able to deliver relevant interventions. The candidate will be familiar with completing assessments, working within a case management model and be experienced in collaborative working and have a very proactive positive approach.
Please note that this post will be dedicated to working with female sex workers. Therefore this post has been deemed to carry with it, a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the post to be carried out by a female worker, in line with section 7 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
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Sessional Workers
Reference: NM083
Salary: £10.10 per hour including Holiday Pay.
Project: Cumbria DIP County Wide
Location: Cumbria (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: Various
Closing date: Thursday, 11th December, 2008
As part of an ongoing recruitment programme CRI are also looking to expand our bank of sessional workers to cover short term and ad hoc hours within both Cumbria Drug Intervention Programme and Cumbria Harm Minimisation Service. Both services currently have bases in Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow, Workington and Whitehaven.
We require flexible individuals to cover arrest referral and court duty shifts within the Drug Intervention Programme and to cover needle exchange services within the Harm Minimisation Service across the county. Interested individuals should have an interest in promoting harm minimisation advice and guidance to substances misuses within the community setting.
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Sessional Workers
Reference: NM084
Salary: £10.10 per hour including Holiday Pay
Project: Cumbria Harm Minimisation
Location: Cumbria (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: Various
Closing date: Thursday, 11th December, 2008
As part of an ongoing recruitment programme CRI are also looking to expand our bank of sessional workers to cover short term and ad hoc hours within both Cumbria Drug Intervention Programme and Cumbria Harm Minimisation Service. Both services currently have bases in Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow, Workington and Whitehaven.
We require flexible individuals to cover arrest referral and court duty shifts within the Drug Intervention Programme and to cover needle exchange services within the Harm Minimisation Service across the county. Interested individuals should have an interest in promoting harm minimisation advice and guidance to substances misuses within the community setting.
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Harm Minimisation Project Worker
Reference: NM125
Salary: £21,920 - £23,387 per annum
Project: Cumbria Harm Minimisation & Health Promotion Services
Location: Cumbria DIP (CRI North And Midlands Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday, 11th December, 2008
CRI are seeking to recruit a permanent worker to deliver Tier 2 open access and needle exchange services in the North of the county. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, this post has been created to further enhance the range of harm minimisation and health promotion interventions delivered to service users not yet engaged with structured treatment.
You will be joining a highly skilled team and will be afforded the opportunity to shape the future of services within the emerging treatment system across Cumbria. This role will cover the full scope of Tier Two activities and will include advice, information and harm minimisation work. You will be flexible and enthusiastic in your approach to client engagement and have knowledge of assessment and care planning processes.
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Substane Misuse Worker - Fixed term for one year
Reference: MP588
Salary: £21,920 to £23,387 per annum pro rata
Project: Hampshire NOMS
Location: Basingstoke (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 18.75 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday, 4th December, 2008
CRI are commissioned by Hampshire NOMS to provide an innovative Alcohol Treatment Requirement service across the county. The service provides comprehensive assessments, reports, then brief interventions and referral services for individuals with identified alcohol issues and whose offending behaviour is linked to problematic alcohol misuse.
We currently require a part time worker to provide Alcohol Treatment Requirements to offenders that are part of the Hampshire NOMS Reducing Custody Project . These posts include late night reporting sessions and hours are flexible.
You will need excellent assessment and engagement skills, detailed understanding of effective approaches to reducing substance use and related offending, and an ability to work constructively with a range of partner agencies.
An adaptable approach to work is required as is a strong commitment to reducing the harm caused to individuals and the wider community through substance misuse and related offending.
In return CRI offer competitive salaries, excellent terms and conditions of employment and a comprehensive programme of learning and development.
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Substance Misuse Worker - Fixed term for one year
Reference: MP589
Salary: £21,920 to £23,387 per annum pro rata
Project: Hampshire NOMS
Location: Southampton (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 18.75 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday, 4th December, 2008
CRI are commissioned by Hampshire NOMS to provide an innovative Alcohol Treatment Requirement service across the county. The service provides comprehensive assessments, reports, then brief interventions and referral services for individuals with identified alcohol issues and whose offending behaviour is linked to problematic alcohol misuse.
We currently require a part time worker to provide Alcohol Treatment Requirements to offenders that are part of the Hampshire NOMS Reducing Custody Project . These posts include late night reporting sessions and hours are flexible.
You will need excellent assessment and engagement skills, detailed understanding of effective approaches to reducing substance use and related offending, and an ability to work constructively with a range of partner agencies.
An adaptable approach to work is required as is a strong commitment to reducing the harm caused to individuals and the wider community through substance misuse and related offending.
In return CRI offer competitive salaries, excellent terms and conditions of employment and a comprehensive programme of learning and development.
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Project Workers x 2
Reference: MP590
Salary: £21,290 to £23,387 per annum
Project: Lift House, Eastbourne
Location: Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday, 4th December, 2008
Lift House a range of Tier 2 and 3 services to the Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes area. These services include a specialist structured day programme (voluntary and DRR), needle exchange, open access and counselling. The teams work closely with partner agencies and are currently in the process of having the NHS Trust co-locate with us.
CRI Lift House is seeking to recruit two new staff members to deliver services across the Tiers. You will be joining a highly skilled and established team of workers and will be afforded the opportunity to shape the future of service provision.
This role will cover the full scope of Open Access activities, from needle exchange, harm minimisation and drop in work, to assessment, care planning, brief interventions, advocacy and ongoing CBT sessions as well as care coordination and participating in structured group work . You will be flexible in your approach to client engagement, fully committed to the principles of equal opportunities and diversity, have strong established boundaries and have knowledge of assessment and care planning processes.
Interview Date: 18.12.08
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Project Support Worker
Reference: MP585
Salary: £16,602 to £17,566 per annum
Project: Intensive Intervention Project
Location: Hastings and Eastbourne (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
CRI is one of the 20 organisations nationally funded by the Youth Taskforce to set up an Intensive Intervention Project in Hastings and Eastbourne. The Intensive Intervention Project will work with vulnerable young people to prevent and reduce instances of antisocial behavior.
CRI are now looking to recruit a Team Leader, Key Workers and a Project Support Worker, to deliver this new initiative. The roles are highly challenging and rewarding and will suit experienced individuals with drive and determination, excellent interpersonal skills, a positive and flexible approach and the ability to work reliably under pressure.
As Project Support Worker you will be tasked with providing administrative support and clerical services to the team to enable the Intensive Intervention Project to meet its aims and objectives.
Candidates will have demonstrated all or most of the following in their application:
- Experience and skills at minute-taking
- RSA II typewriting qualification or equivalent
- Experience of being a team player with excellent computer skills and accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with service users, professionals and other team members.
- A professional approach in dealing with highly sensitive and confidential information.
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Key Worker
Reference: MP584
Salary: £21,920 to £23,387 per annum
Project: Intensive Intervention Project
Location: Hastings and Eastbourne (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
CRI is one of the 20 organisations nationally funded by the Youth Taskforce to set up an Intensive Intervention Project in Hastings and Eastbourne. The Intensive Intervention Project will work with vulnerable young people to prevent and reduce instances of antisocial behavior.
CRI are now looking to recruit a Team Leader, Key Workers and a Project Support Worker, to deliver this new initiative. The roles are highly challenging and rewarding and will suit experienced individuals with drive and determination, excellent interpersonal skills, a positive and flexible approach and the ability to work reliably under pressure.
As Key Worker you will work with vulnerable young people to change their behaviour, enabling them to live successfully in the community.
Candidates will have demonstrated all or most of the following in their application:
- Substantial experience of working directly with young people
- Ability to offer and coordinate appropriate interventions to young people
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with service users, professionals and other team members.
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Team Leader
Reference: MP583
Salary: £28,843 to £30,439 per annum
Project: Intensive Intervention Project
Location: Hastings and Eastbourne (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
CRI is one of the 20 organisations nationally funded by the Youth Taskforce to set up an Intensive Intervention Project in Hastings and Eastbourne. The Intensive Intervention Project will work with vulnerable young people to prevent and reduce instances of antisocial behavior.
CRI are now looking to recruit a Team Leader, Key Workers and a Project Support Worker, to deliver this new initiative. The roles are highly challenging and rewarding and will suit experienced individuals with drive and determination, excellent interpersonal skills, a positive and flexible approach and the ability to work reliably under pressure.
As Team Leader you will lead and manage the work of the Intensive Intervention Project which supports young people to change their behaviour, enabling them to live successfully in the community. You will ensure that work is carried out within this service effectively and collaboratively.
Candidates will have demonstrated all or most of the following in their application:
- Previous experience of managing staff and projects
- A good working knowledge of current legislation relating to anti-social behaviour
- Knowledge and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with service users, professionals and other team members.
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P-ASRO Facilitator
Reference: MP595
Salary: £21,920 - £25,130 per annum
Project: P-ASRO HMPYOI Rochester
Location: Rochester (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
An experienced substance misuse practitioner is required to deliver the P-ASRO programme within HMPYOI Rochester. You will join a talented team delivering the programme to offenders within the establishment. You must have significant experience of service delivery with offenders or substance misusers, have highly developed group work skills and have experience of assessment and care planning.
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Project Accountant
Reference: CH013
Salary: £25,130 to £26,686 per annum
Project: Finance
Location: Brighton (CRI Central Region)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Friday, 5th December, 2008
The Finance department is a central function, providing financial and accounting support to all CRI services.
An opportunity has arisen to join the management accounting team delivering a high quality, responsive service based at Tower Point, Brighton. The team provide financial information and analysis of projects to directors and managers in order to facilitate decision making and control.
The successful candidate must have experience of budgeting and financial analysis; experience of working with a general ledger package and a high level of Excel spreadsheet skills. Duties will include: production of monthly project reports with variance analysis; provision of financial advice and support to managers and directors; reconciliation of accounts and maintenance of sales ledger, including invoice preparation.
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Project Worker
Reference: MP592
Salary: £21,920 - £23,387 per annum
Project: DIP - Cardiff, ESW
Location: Cardiff and The Vale (CRI Southern Region)
Hours: 37.5
Closing date: Monday, 8th December, 2008
CRI are commissioned to deliver an exciting drug service in East South Wales. The Drug Intervention Programme aims to increase the number of drug-using offenders entering and successfully completing treatment, reduce drug-related crime and improve the quality of life of offenders, their families and communities. The East South Wales Criminal Justice Interventions Team provide community support and assertive outreach services to substance misusers referred by staff working in Police Custody, Prisons, Probation and other treatment services.
The service will operate a staff rota that will include regular evening and weekend duties.
CRI are seeking to recruit a Drug Intervention Project Worker who have proven experience of client engagement skills. To enable clients to make constructive changes to their lives you will bring a motivational approach and an ability to devise care plans to meet identified client needs. Duties will include assertive outreach in the community, providing Through care and Aftercare .You will provide advice on drug, alcohol and health issues (including HIV/Aids) and have the ability to complete comprehensive client assessments and develop individual community support plans.
If you have a relevant professional qualification, this will greatly support your application.
