Team Leader

Location: Hull

Salary: £30,000 - £34,700 per year

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

As a Team Leader, you will play a key role in leading and supporting the delivery of high-quality, person-centred drug and alcohol treatment services within a community-based setting. Working with adults aged 18 and over, you will help individuals affected by substance misuse to make positive, sustainable changes to their lives through a combination of clinical, psychosocial and wellbeing interventions.

You will oversee a caseload, ensuring service users receive tailored support that reflects their individual needs and goals. This will include conducting comprehensive assessments, developing SMART care plans, providing harm reduction advice and delivering structured one-to-one and group interventions, including treatment programmes. You may also be required to undertake urine and oral swab testing to support clinical treatment.

Working collaboratively with the Regional Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the service meets key performance indicators (KPIs), commissioner requirements, outcome targets and relevant Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards. You will also provide supervision, guidance and training to practitioners, supporting their professional development and ensuring interventions are delivered safely, effectively and consistently.

Building strong partnerships with external agencies, including GPs, hospitals, mental health services, housing providers, employment services, probation, police and social services, will be essential to ensuring joined-up care and positive outcomes for service users.

This is an opportunity to combine your substance misuse expertise, leadership skills and commitment to recovery to make a meaningful difference to individuals and the wider community.

About You

You are an experienced and motivated professional with a background in community-based substance misuse services and the confidence to lead, support and develop a team. You bring a positive, solution-focused approach to challenges, can identify priorities quickly and are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.

You understand the complex needs of people affected by drug and alcohol use and have experience of applying a range of psychosocial interventions, motivational interviewing techniques and harm reduction approaches. You are confident in carrying out comprehensive assessments, developing and implementing SMART care plans, and delivering structured interventions in both one-to-one and group settings.

As a supportive and effective leader, you can share your knowledge and expertise with practitioners, peer mentors, volunteers and apprentices, helping others develop their skills and maintain high standards of practice. You understand the importance of effective supervision, staff development and performance management in achieving positive outcomes for service users.

You are also confident using IT systems to support case management, maintain accurate records and monitor progress against individual and service-wide objectives. With strong communication and partnership-working skills, you can build productive relationships with colleagues and external agencies to ensure service users receive coordinated, holistic support.

Essential Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Experience of managing or leading within community-based substance misuse services.
• Experience of conducting comprehensive assessments and developing, implementing and reviewing SMART care plans.
• Experience of delivering structured psychosocial interventions and supporting others to deliver them effectively.
• Knowledge of a range of psychosocial interventions and their benefits for people affected by drug and alcohol use.
• Experience of using motivational interviewing techniques in one-to-one and group settings.
• Ability to provide effective supervision, training, coaching and guidance to team members.
• A positive, proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to prioritise key issues and respond effectively to changing service needs.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to use case management systems effectively.
• A Diploma in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent qualification.
• A recognised management qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

• Flexible working
• Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace.
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.