Team leader - young person's service ref: 0163zn

About the Role

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.

Closing date: Tuesday 7th July 2026

Please see attached for more information about this role.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Preston is looking for a Team Leader - if you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

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

Job Opportunity

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 is a frontline role at WithYou, where you will provide continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, key work responsibilities and intervention delivery. It is essential you are able to develop open working relationships to ensure staff operate in line with our values and work collaboratively with internal colleagues and external partner organisations.

This position is offered on a full time, 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 recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Essential Skills

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
• Resilient, ability to prioritise, work under pressure, and manage competing / conflicting demands
• Demonstrable experience of working 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
• 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

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 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.

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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 if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period