Team Leader

Team Leader

Location: Heathrow IRC, West Drayton

Salary: £30,082 - £33,424 per annum

Are you looking for a meaningful career that helps others break the cycle of addiction and live a positive life? The impact you will have in this role is far more reaching than the day-to-day contact with service users, the service we provide reverberates through families and society.

The Forward Trust are a UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. We deliver treatment and recovery support - in prisons and in the community - which helps people move away from addiction and crime. These services provide a variety of support, including advice, counselling, group work and intensive treatment. At The Forward Trust we believe that all people who are addicted to or misusing substances should have access to support which is effective in protecting their health, and motivating them to take steps towards their own recovery. Over 20 years of pursuing this mission, we have been successful in moving thousands of drug dependent offenders away from a lifestyle revolving around crime, and drug or alcohol dependence.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

What you will be doing?

As Team Leader at Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre you will manage a small team of practitioners delivering health and wellbeing interventions to those identified as needing support for issues related to drug and alcohol misuse or dependency. The treatment is tailored to individual needs using both harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches. On a day-to-day basis you will provide direct line management, support and guidance to your team to ensure the ongoing effective delivery of services to detainees at Heathrow IRC.

You will be allocating caseloads, managing a small number of complex cases, supporting and developing your team, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met. You will be responsible for delivering on performance targets set by Forward, commissioners and the prime contractor. And you will support the Service Manager to ensure data accuracy and data submission deadlines are met.

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Health or Justice setting. The skills listed below are desirable but not essential as we offer a robust training and induction programme.

• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues
• Demonstratable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
• Significant experience of carrying out psychosocial interventions including using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and therapeutic group settings.
• A thorough knowledge of and commitment to the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
• Experience of providing counselling / CBT services to prisoners, or those with Health and Welling, or drug and / or alcohol problems

What we offer

• Season Ticket Loan Scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 3 x wellbeing days in addition to annual leave allowance
• Simply Health scheme
• Therapy allowance (£90 per month for frontline staff)
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter.
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary).
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria).

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

*Please note; We reserve the right to close this role early