Team Leader (Northwest London) - London Permanent30,082

Are you passionate about supporting people in their recovery journey and leading a team that makes a real impact in the community? Were looking for a Team Leader to join our Dependency and Recovery Services, working across several London boroughs, to lead a dedicated team delivering high-quality, recovery-focused interventions.About the RoleAs a Team Leader, you will be part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team working closely with Probation Services to engage adult males under probation supervision into treatment and support services. This is a predominantly in person role, requiring regular travel between probation delivery units in Ealing and Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster.Our service is designed to bridge the gap between probation and community-based substance misuse services. Youll manage and support practitioners delivering timebound, motivational interventions that help individuals engage with treatment, implement action plans, and begin or continue their recovery journey.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide visible, supportive leadership to a team of practitioners across multiple boroughs.Travel regularly between sites to ensure smooth service delivery and team cohesion.Manage a small caseload of complex cases while overseeing daily referral allocations.Support the development, training and well-being of your team, ensuring high performance.Monitor and ensure data accuracy, timely reporting, and achievement of performance targets set by Forward Trust and commissioning bodies.Build and maintain effective working relationships with probation services, prisons, partner agencies, service users and stakeholders.Deputise for the Service Manager when required and support with strategic service development.Ideal CandidatePlease see the knowledge, skills and experience needed below for this roleDemonstrable experience in the management of teams, performance and development.Genuine interest and experience in motivating and developing peopleExperience in key relationship management both internally and externallyKnowledge and experience of implementing formal procedures and policiesExcellent problem solving and negotiation skillsProject and time management skillsKnowledge of the issues facing service users in the criminal justice sector.Demonstrable experience of managing high caseloads, carrying out risk/ comprehensive assessments, SMART action plans and effective case recordsAll probation-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3 months. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.Checks will require you to provide information on the below:Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)Your family (parents, parents partners, siblings, partner(s), children)Co-residentsAssociations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associatesCredit reference checksSocial media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you thatand#39;s publicly available on the internet to ensure there''s nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)Other government and overseas agency or police checks.Please also see the job description attached for more information.About UsWe are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

Flexible workingTraining and development opportunitiesSimply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)

Season Ticket Loan SchemeCycle to work schemeCrisis Loan SchemeElectric Car Scheme3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata''d for part time employees)Access to Blue Light Card25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank HolidaysContributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafterDeath in Service Payment (2x annual salary)Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)Diversity at Forward TrustThe Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with Lived Experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness.When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

To find out more about Forwards commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here .Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the Eligibility to Work in the UK requirements.