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Team Manager, Criminal Justice

28,500 per year (pro rata)

Chesterfield, Ripley, Ilkeston, Swadlincote or Buxton

Full-time

24th May 2026

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Team Manager, Criminal Justice

DERBYSHIRE RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICE

Phoenix Futures is looking to internally recruit a passionate and solution focussed Team Manager for the county wide Criminal Justice Team within our Derbyshire Recovery Partnership community drug and alcohol service.

This role is Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week on a permanent contract, working with staff across the Derbyshire county. Location of office base flexible and can be discussed at interview; would be either Chesterfield, Ripley, Ilkeston, Swadlincote or Buxton. Salary is £28,500; increments subject to appraisal.

As a Criminal Justice Team Manager within our Derbyshire service you will passionately lead and drive your specialist team to further embed and develop the intensive treatment offer for all service users involved in the criminal justice system. You will effectively build strong working relationships and develop further pathways with key partner agencies as you lead the team to effectively and proactively engage with service users that may be exiting prison services, subject to community orders (ATR, DRR and RAR) and involved with IOM teams and the National Probation Service. You will ensure regular and appropriate liaison with these partners and attend multi-disciplinary meetings, sharing relevant information with our key partner agencies, services and teams.

You will manage a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the assessment and delivery of a comprehensive community-based treatment service, involving the delivery of effective interventions though meaningful structured key working and group work. You will be confident in building and maintaining relationships with internal and external partnership agencies, promoting the service and its outcomes to commissioners and stakeholders. You will be highly motivated and innovative with team and service development, ensuring high ethical and professional standards of care and practice are met.

As an individual, we are looking for someone with previous experience within the field of substance use, is self-motivated, can work on their own initiative, but more importantly as part of a team and possess good leadership, communication and organisational skills. The ideal candidate will be confident, dynamic and forward thinking, have experience of line management, safeguarding, partnership working and working with people presenting with substance, alcohol and associated issues, and have a keen understanding of recovery.

We believe in being the best and that is why we constantly strive to learn and innovate, to challenge ourselves, to adapt and to work together with others who can bring valuable expertise. Join our Derbyshire team and we will support you to contribute to the creative development of our treatment and recovery approach to meet the needs of our service users, our commissioners and stakeholders. You’ll also have access a range of learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development.

As this role is county-wide, you must possess a driving licence with access to a vehicle for work.

*Job description is attached. Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you detail how you meet the person specification as this will help us assess how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

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About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. 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.

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 a 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