Recovery Services Team Leader

Phoenix Futures; Waingroves; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Season ticket loan

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Sick pay

Eye-care vouchers

Wellbeing talks

Employee Assistance Programme

Healthcare discounts

Job summary

Phoenix Futures is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Amber Valley team in Ripley, Derbyshire, within the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership. You will drive day-to-day operations, quality, and outcomes for substance use treatment and recovery services.

You will oversee a multidisciplinary team, foster partnerships with commissioners and stakeholders, and promote continuous improvement while upholding safeguarding standards and a recovery-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Experience working within substance use services.
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol treatment, recovery journeys, and associated issues.
• Strong safeguarding and risk management awareness.
• Experience building and maintaining effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to use data to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience of line management or staff supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and develop a multidisciplinary team through effective supervision and performance management.
• Oversee the day-to-day delivery of community-based treatment and recovery services.
• Ensure services meet contractual, quality, safeguarding, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor performance and outcomes, implementing improvements where needed.
• Support the delivery of assessments, key working interventions, and group programmes.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with commissioners, partners, and stakeholders.
• Contribute to service development, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and recovery-focused culture within the team.
• Ensure resources are used effectively to meet service and organisational objectives.
• Act as an ambassador for Phoenix Futures and the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership.

Skills

Substance use services

Data-driven performance

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Safeguarding

Performance management

Job description

Phoenix Futures is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Amber Valley team in Ripley, Derbyshire, within the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership. You will drive day-to-day operations, quality, and outcomes for substance use treatment and recovery services.

You will oversee a multidisciplinary team, foster partnerships with commissioners and stakeholders, and promote continuous improvement while upholding safeguarding standards and a recovery-focused culture.