Questions from the group consultation on 29 April have been answered and added under the FAQ page.

You can find it here.

A week to go! We’re now fast approaching 1 April and are excited to continue to get to know you all post transfer.

We wanted to send out a reminder of the induction plan for the first week of the transfer.

As mentioned before, you won’t be expected to deliver the service during this time as we have arranged for a team of experienced Via colleagues (pathfinders) who will be based at the Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham sites to manage any drop-ins or emergency appointments to enable you to focus on the induction schedule during the first week.

Pathfinders will include staff across all areas of service delivery (recovery practitioners, managers, data and performance, quality, clinical team members, etc) as well as support from our senior leadership team.

Please don’t book any appointments during the first week including any satellite provision. Our pathfinders will be able to support with any emergency/urgent needs that present during that week (including any scripting issues following the bank holiday weekend).

We’re also working with your management teams to ensure that we are aware of, and have a plan for, high-risk individuals and anyone who may need an appointment within that first week.

We want your transition to Via to be a smooth and welcoming one.

Below is a link to the updated schedule for your induction, so you can see what has been planned – there’s one version for Gloucester-based staff and one for Cheltenham and Stroud.

On day one (Tuesday 2 April), please attend your main locality hub.

To enable joint face-to-face training, staff usually based at Stroud will need to base themselves in Cheltenham on Wednesday 3 April and Thursday 4 April.

We look forward to seeing you next week!

Don’t forget that we need a picture of you to go on your new Via ID badge!

• Please take a passport-like photo (head and shoulders) of yourself – you can smile in it but it needs to have a plain background.

• Then email across to people@viaorg.uk as soon as you can.

• Remember to include your name in your email so we know who to match the photo to.

Thank you – we look forward to receiving your photos!

We’ve now concluded our matching process and are pleased to update you that your individual confirmation letters are on their way.

We’ve listened to feedback and have made some changes to the staffing structure to reflect this; everyone has been matched to a role.

For those people matched into a Recovery Practitioner role please note the link to the Recovery Practitioner – additional information document that was shared alongside the job descriptions. We don’t intend to make any immediate changes to the area of focus you may currently have as we prioritise continuity of service delivery.

As per your matching letters, should you have any feedback, it will need to submitted by 18 March 2024.

You can view the updated staffing structure below and also on the Important Information page.

We’ve now concluded our matching process and are pleased to update you that your individual confirmation letters are on their way.

We’ve listened to feedback and have made some small changes to the staffing structure to reflect this; everyone has been matched to a role.

As per your matching letters, should you have any feedback, it will need to submitted by 10am on Monday 11 March 2024.

You can view the updated staffing below and also on the Important Information page:

The Via consultation closes on 6 March.

We’ll be working through the representations and feedback you’ve all made during this process, reviewing the employee liability information (ELI) information received from CGL and completing the job matching exercise.

Once this is completed, we’ll write to you to confirm Via (and where already identified, the Nelson Trust) as your new employer from 1 April 2024. We’ll take this opportunity to inform you of your new job title where possible to do so.

If you have individual and/or particular concerns, please raise them with your managers, with your representatives, or contact people@viaorg.uk.

As previously advised at the group consultation event, the Via consultation is drawing to a close on 6 March.

We’ll be working through the representations and feedback you’ve all made during this process, reviewing the employee liability information (ELI) information received by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and completing the job matching exercise.

Your matching letters will be sent out shortly after this.

We’re now fast approaching 1 April and are excited to continue to get to know you all post transfer.

We hope that you found the group and 1-2-1 consultations beneficial, but if you have any further questions at this point, please don’t hesitate to contact us through our submit questions form.

As mentioned during the consultations, we’ve planned a warm welcome induction for you all for the first week of the transfer.

You won’t be expected to deliver the service during this time as we have arranged for a team of experienced Via colleagues (pathfinders) who will be based at the Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham sites to manage any drop-ins or emergency appointments to enable you to focus on the induction schedule during the first week.

Pathfinders will include staff across all areas of service delivery (recovery practitioners, managers, data and performance, quality, clinical team members, etc) as well as support from our senior leadership team.

Please don’t book any appointments during the first week including any satellite provision. Our pathfinders will be able to support with any emergency/urgent needs that present during that week (including any scripting issues following the bank holiday weekend).

We’re also working with your management teams to ensure that we are aware of, and have a plan for, high-risk individuals and anyone who may need an appointment within that first week.

We want your transition to Via to be a smooth and welcoming one.

Below is a link to the draft schedule for your induction, so you can see what has been planned – there’s one version for Gloucester-based staff and one for Cheltenham and Stroud.

On day one (Tuesday 2 April), please attend your main locality hub.

To enable joint face-to-face Nebula case management training, staff usually based at Stroud will need to base themselves in Cheltenham on the afternoon of Wednesday 3 April (or all day if easier for travel) and all day on Thursday 4 April, for that first week.

Via pathfinders will also be on site during week two to provide support.

We’ll also have a programme of continued support and training opportunities embedded as part of the longer-term implementation support. This will include face-to-face and online sessions (including regular drop-in sessions for ongoing support/queries relating to our case management system) but there will be more to come on this!

We are now fast approaching 1 April and we’re excited to continue to get to know you all post transfer!

We hope that you found the group and 1-2-1 consultations beneficial and reassuring, but if you have any further questions at this point- please do not hesitate to contact us through the Submit questions form.

As mentioned during the consultations, we’ve planned a warm welcome induction for you all for the first week of the transfer.

You will not be expected to deliver the service during this time as we have arranged for a team of experienced Via practitioners, prescribers, administrators and managers to be present on site to deal with any issues that may arise, such as people needing urgent scripting appointments after the long bank holiday weekend.

We want your transition to Via to be a smooth and welcoming one! We are working with your management teams to ensure that we’re aware of high-risk clients and anyone who may need an appointment within that first week, and we’ll take care of this, so please do ensure that you do not book any appointments during this time.

Below is the draft schedule for your induction, so that you can see what has been planned (please also be assured that further training and development opportunities are regularly available for you to book onto):

The job descriptions to go along with the staff structure information we’ve shared are now available to view.

There are some more that will be added over the coming days but the majority can be accessed by visiting our Important Information page here:

If you’ve got any questions, please bring them to your 1-2-1 meeting for us to talk through together.