Team Manager

DERBYSHIRE RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICE 

Location Derbyshire, County Wide

Office location can be flexible – Chesterfield, Ripley, Ilkeston, Swadlincote or Buxton (discussed at interview)

Reporting to Service Manager

  Are you a passionate leader with a commitment to supporting recovery and creating positive change?

Phoenix Futures is looking for a dedicated and solutions-focused Team Manager to lead our county-wide Criminal Justice Team within the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to inspire and develop a skilled team, work closely with criminal justice partners, and play a key role in helping people overcome the challenges of drug and alcohol dependency to build healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Role Purpose

As the Criminal Justice Team Manager, you will lead and inspire a specialist team delivering high-quality support to individuals involved in the criminal justice system across Derbyshire. You will play a critical role in developing and embedding our treatment offer, ensuring people can access effective, person-centred interventions that support recovery, reduce reoffending, and improve long-term outcomes.

Working collaboratively with criminal justice partners, commissioners and community services, you will strengthen pathways into treatment, drive service improvement, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective and outcome-focused support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop a multidisciplinary Criminal Justice Team.
• Oversee the assessment, planning and delivery of community-based treatment interventions.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with prisons, probation services, IOM teams and other criminal justice agencies.
• Ensure service users engaged through criminal justice pathways receive timely and effective support.
• Represent the service at multi-agency meetings and contribute to partnership working across Derbyshire.
• Monitor performance, quality and outcomes, ensuring contractual and organisational standards are met.
• Promote innovation, continuous improvement and high standards of professional practice.
• Support the development of services that respond to the needs of local communities and stakeholders.

Person Specification

We are looking for a confident and proactive leader who is passionate about recovery and committed to achieving positive outcomes for the people we support.

Essential

• Experience working within the substance use, recovery, health, social care or criminal justice sector.
• Experience of line management, supervision and team development.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding principles and practice.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Understanding of recovery-oriented approaches and person-centred support.
• Ability to work independently, use initiative and contribute positively as part of a wider team.
• Commitment to maintaining high professional and ethical standards.

Desirable

• Experience of managing criminal justice-related services.
• Knowledge of community orders including ATRs, DRRs and RARs.
• Understanding of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) and National Probation Service pathways.
• Relevant management or leadership qualification.

What We Offer

• A meaningful leadership role where your work directly supports life-changing recovery journeys.
• Starting salary of £28,500 per annum, with opportunity to access yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £31,750 per annum.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, increasing annually to a maximum of 30 days (pro rata).
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance.
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities.
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access.
• As we work in partnership with the Healthcare Foundation Trust in Derbyshire, staff have access to some NHS-related training and opportunity to apply for discounts, e.g., Blue Light.
• We’ll ensure you get all the training and support you need to thrive and success in your role and find you place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

Why Join Phoenix Futures?

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with 60 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. We use our expertise to support people in their personal recovery and to improve their lives. We are dedicated to advocating for people who are often overlooked and stigmatised, to ensure they have a fair chance to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Our aim is for everyone to be able to achieve their potential for themselves, their families and communities.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

Our managers and leaders are guided by a shared set of qualities that shape how we work with colleagues, partners and the people we support. These are: BRAVE, HONEST, VISIBLE, VISIONARY, NURTURING and COLLABORATIVE. These qualities underpin our approach to inclusive leadership, accountability and compassionate practice across Phoenix Futures and support the development of a value aligned culture. 

Additional Requirements

As this is a county-wide role, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes are essential due to travelling to all our bases.

*Please refer to the attached Role Profile when completing your application. We strongly encourage you to demonstrate how your skills, experience and achievements meet the requirements of the role within your supporting statement.

Additional Information

For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership service, visit: www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk

If you're unsure if this role is for you and you'd prefer to consider alternative roles available within the service, please look at the opportunities we have currently available on our Phoenix Futures website.

If you have drug/alcohol lived experience and would like to gain some skills qualifications and experience in the field of drug and alcohol work before applying for a job with Phoenix Futures, please email us at dhcft.derbyshirelivedexperiencecareerpathway@nhs.net so we can talk to you about our new lived experience substance use career pathway in Derbyshire and how it could help you. Please do not use this email address for applying for jobs with Phoenix Futures - applications can only be made via www.phoenix-futures.org.uk