Team Leader - HMP Wormwood Scrubs

35 hours 

Are you an inspiring people manager with a passion for supporting recovery and wellbeing?

We’re looking for a confident Team Leader to manage and motivate a team delivering tailored drug and alcohol interventions to adults with complex needs.

You’ll lead from the front, balancing people management, service delivery and performance, while ensuring high-quality, person-centred support using both harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches, alongside low-level mental health support.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, support and develop a team of practitioners to deliver high-quality interventions
• Allocate caseloads, manage performance and hold responsibility for KPIs and targets
• Manage a small number of complex cases and oversee effective case management
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required, acting as senior lead on site
• Build strong relationships with commissioners, partner agencies and key stakeholders
• Ensure data accuracy, audits, compliance and quality standards are consistently met

You’ll be great at

• Motivating teams and managing performance in a fast-paced environment
• Leading through change and promoting positive team culture and wellbeing
• Ensuring services meet contractual, regulatory and safeguarding standards
• Using data, audits and governance processes to drive continuous improvement

You’ll play a key leadership role in a service that genuinely changes lives, supported by a collaborative organisation that values quality, integrity and staff wellbeing.

Please see attached Job Description for full details