Substance Misuse Team Leader (Lambeth Ref:0044ZD)

We Are With You; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in London is seeking a passionate Substance Misuse Team Leader to manage and support a dedicated team providing recovery care. This full-time, permanent role focuses on delivering quality services, ensuring compliance with standards, and developing team potential. The ideal candidate will have leadership experience, understand recovery challenges, and possess relevant qualifications, offering a salary between £30,390 and £41,700 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in health, social care, or criminal justice settings.
• Track record of management responsibility and developing others.
• Understanding of challenges related to drug/alcohol and mental health.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver high-quality recovery care.
• Ensure compliance with service delivery requirements.
• Manage a small caseload and oversee quality assurance.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Team management

Education

ONC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

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Substance Misuse Team Leader (Lambeth Ref:0044ZD), London

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We Are With You

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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About the Role

Join us as a Team Leader in Lambeth.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Lambeth is looking for a Team Leader to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

At Lambeth, WithYou works closely with the lead provider, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and partners, Phoenix Futures and Way Through providing free and confidential support to adults experiencing challenges with drugs and alcohol. A s a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here .

The closing date for applications is 20th August 2025. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role.

As Team Leader you will directly link in to the Service Manager, as well as working collaboratively with other Team Leaders, Operations Managers and our partner organisations, to ensure clear communication and meet the delivery needs of this service to support our clients to achieve positive outcomes.

You will be responsible for collaboratively leading a WithYou team to deliver a high level of performance by meeting targets and KPI’s set to ensure we are providing the best service to our clients and improve treatment outcomes, whilst creating a supportive and inclusive environment for our staff team. You will also be expected to hold a small caseload.

This post requires excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently. You will support staff in high performing recovery work, overseeing quality assurance and safeguarding, with the capacity to work within competing demands and tight timescales.

The position is full time and permanent with a salary of £30,390 - £41,700 per annum (this is inclusive of a Inner London Weighting payment of £4,000 per year).

Managing and developing your team to reach its full potential will be key to your success and will be your passion. You will motivate your team to deliver exceptional services to those we support and will have the ability to connect quickly with both staff and service users, treating them respectfully and with dignity. This is a busy team, with multiple priorities ongoing, so it’s important that you are highly organised and able to manage your time effectively.

You and your team will be responsible for delivering against targets, always ensuring the service is complying with all of the necessary requirements that arise from working in a social care setting. There'll be data analysis and administration tasks to deal with too, but that's all part of this busy and varied job that you take in your stride. You will have:

• ONC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or a commitment to complete within 18-months
• Experience working in the in the health, social care or criminal justice setting and of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
• A successful track record of management responsibility and development of others
• An understanding of the issues facing people experiencing challenges in relation to drug/alcohol and/or mental health challenges
• Knowledge of health and safety, including assessing high risk situations
• Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Be results driven and possess analytical skills

Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with an inspiring and engaging approach. A full job description and person specification is available on request from [emailprotected] .

DE&I

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.