Are you passionate about supporting people on their recovery journey and ready to take on a leadership challenge? We’re offering an exciting fixed-term maternity cover opportunity for a Team Leader within our Dependency and Recovery Services.

This is your chance to lead a skilled team of practitioners, drive high-quality service delivery, and strengthen the vital links between probation and community substance misuse services.

What You’ll Do

• Provide visible, hands-on leadership to a multi-disciplinary team delivering support to adult males under probation supervision.
• Travel across boroughs - working from probation delivery units in Ealing & Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster.
• Manage referrals, oversee performance targets, and ensure services meet both Forward Trust and Commissioner standards.
• Support your team with coaching, supervision, and development, ensuring they thrive and deliver the best outcomes.
• Handle a small number of complex cases, maintaining high-quality records and data accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with probation practitioners, prisons, community partners, and stakeholders to keep services running smoothly.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required, ensuring operational continuity across the service.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience working within substance misuse, criminal justice, or related support services.
• A proactive, flexible approach, comfortable working across multiple sites and teams.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and problem-solving abilities.
• A commitment to empowering others and making every contact matter.

You’ll be joining a dedicated, values-driven organisation that believes in second chances and lasting recovery. You’ll have the autonomy to make an impact, supported by a collaborative management team and opportunities for development and progression.

Please see attached Job Description for full details