This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
For over 40 years, the Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS), a registered charity, has been supporting and empowering people whose lives have been affected by problematic drug and alcohol use.
ASPIRE is a partnership between ADS and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), bringing together the expertise of both organisations. The service combines specialist NHS provision, led by a consultant, with the strengths and community-focused approach of the voluntary sector delivered by ADS.
Having worked in partnership for more than 20 years, ASPIRE has been providing high-quality drug and alcohol services to local communities. As a forward-thinking and innovative partnership, it works closely with recovery communities to deliver flexible, responsive support that achieves the best possible outcomes for individuals, families, and the wider community.
About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Drug and Alcohol Team Leader to join and lead our Community Team. In this role, you will provide effective leadership, guidance, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, recovery-focused services.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals affected by substance use, helping them improve their health, wellbeing, and independence. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred support, while driving staff development, service performance, partnership collaboration, and continuous improvement.
As Team Leader, you will champion recovery-focused practice, foster strong multi-agency partnerships, and promote a culture of safeguarding, innovation, and excellence. You will be responsible for ensuring services meet contractual requirements, organisational objectives, and quality standards, while supporting positive outcomes for service users and the wider community.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead and supervise a team of case managers and recovery workers.
• Manage day-to-day operational delivery of community drug and alcohol services.
• Ensure high standards of safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance.
• Support staff development through supervision, coaching, and training.
• Build effective relationships with healthcare providers, local authorities, criminal justice agencies, and community organisations.
• Monitor service outcomes, performance targets, and compliance requirements.
• Promote recovery, harm reduction, and social inclusion approaches.
• Manage complex cases and provide guidance on risk and safeguarding concerns.
• Ensure safeguarding procedures and risk management processes are effectively implemented.
• Monitor outcomes, KPIs, and compliance requirements.
• Promote inclusive, trauma-informed, and recovery-focused approaches.
About You
You will have:
• A degree e.g. Social Work, psychology, social science or equivalent
• L3 Tackling Substance Misuse or equivalent.
• ILM L5 Leadership & Management or equivalent
• Experience working within drug and alcohol services.
• Previous leadership or management experience
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A passion for supporting vulnerable individuals and families.
• Ability to motivate teams and manage competing priorities.
We Offer
• A supportive and inclusive working environment
• Opportunities for training and professional development
o Salary range: £36791 - £43328 depending on experience.
o Generous annual leave, 29 days annual leave per annum, rising to 31 after 2 years’ service and 34 after 5; plus, public holidays.
o Attractive Pension Package (6% employer contribution)
o Health Scheme
o Enhanced sick pay.
Check out our benefits: https://adsbenefits-uk.org
For more information contact Andrea Vincent on 0300 021 3900
NOTE: The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK
About ADS
For over 30 years, we have delivered effective interventions in towns and cities. We’ve helped thousands of local people on the road to recovery, across Humberside, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, as we help the national strategy on a local basis.
The Alcohol & Drug Service is a charity (Registered Charity 1108595; and a Company Limited by Guarantee, Company No. 05375809). The majority of our funding comes through contracts with statutory commissioners such as Local Authorities and the NHS, but we receive valuable income from charitable grants and individual fundraising efforts which supports many of our most innovative services. We are governed by a Board of Trustees.
We ensure that the organisation is run well and we are a part of the Investors in People scheme, a quality framework which is independently audited. We currently hold the Silver award.
But, even though we’ve been transforming the lives of people affected by drugs or alcohol misuse for over 30 years, some people may not have heard of us. This is because we always work in partnership – and often deliver our services and projects which have their own names/identities.
Our Values
We believe that honesty underpins all that we do. We seek to improve our services and in order to identify lessons we must be honest with ourselves regarding our performance.
We believe that trust is the foundation of an effective partnership approach and that partnership is the defining characteristic of our relationship with service users, employees and those who purchase services from us.
We believe that there is strength in diversity and that through embracing diversity new solutions and innovations are born.
We believe that in order to encourage diversity fairness, a non-judgemental approach and transparency are vital.
We believe that our sole raison d’être is to deliver effective services to service users and carers.
We believe that no two people are the same, as a result personalised solutions are required and to achieve this people must be treat as individuals and services must be flexible in meeting their needs.
We believe that with the right support service users are able to identify and implement changes which will enhance their lives.
We believe that evidence based services that are continuously developing in the light of experience produce the most effective outcomes for service users.
We believe that the effective use of resources and a value for money approach will maximise the number of service users we are able to support.
We believe that the best services are delivered by people who care about what they do.
We believe that hope and belief are nurtured in others when they encounter people who care.
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