Team Leader - Young Persons Community Drug & Alcohol Service

Please see attached the Job Description for more information about this role. Visit our website here to find out more about our Young Person’s services in Lancashire.

Are you an experienced leader ready to make a difference? Our team in Preston is looking for a Team Leader for their Young Person’s services. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who knows what it takes to lead a team, manage competing priorities and create an environment where people can do their best work.

You don't need to have worked in substance misuse or young people's services to be successful in this role. We’re most interested in the leadership skills, experience and values you can bring. Your management experience could have been gained across health, social care, mental health, criminal justice, housing, community services or another comparable environment. What matters most is that you have a proven track record of leading people, managing services, developing others and delivering high-quality outcomes.

As 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.

Closing date: Sunday 13th September 2026. All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted without a cover letter. Please note that this role may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Job Description

Our Team Leaders play a vital role in our services, including:

• Supporting the management team in the delivery of the contracted service, leading on an area of specialism
• Positively promoting the service and WithYou to external stakeholders
• Managing the staff within the service to ensure that they are well informed, inspired and engaged with WithYou’s strategic objectives

This position is offered on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday. We offer a starting salary of £30,900, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £37,080 per year. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via [email protected].

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We want to hear from people who can inspire and bring out the best in others - your leadership experience doesn't have to have come from substance misuse or young people's services. We’d be excited to see the following in your application:

• ONC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• A proven track record of managing and leading drug and alcohol services or mental health services (or comparable services)
• Sound understanding of safeguarding practices and demonstrable experience in applying and managing these
• Resilience and the ability to prioritise when working under pressure
• Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
• A successful track record of management responsibility and development of others
• The ability to work effectively as a team player in a collaborative and supportive manner
• Experience of developing relationships and engaging with key stakeholders, both internal and external
• A full UK driving licence and use of your own car

Creating an Inclusive Environment

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 vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. 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. With You 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.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.