About the role:
1. Develop and maintain productive working relationships.
2. Deliver training and raise drug and alcohol awareness across Knowsley, supporting professionals to provide information, brief advice, and appropriate referrals.
3. Manage risk and health & safety requirements for all training events.
4. Work towards agreed outcomes and targets in line with the commissioner’s service level agreement, ensuring high standards of service delivery.
5. Liaise with partner organisations across statutory, voluntary, and private sectors when running training and awareness sessions.
6. Identify opportunities for service development in collaboration with the Service Manager.
7. Provide operational line management for staff, including supervision, appraisal, performance management, and sickness management, while ensuring compliance with CGL and external policies.
8. Promote and embed CGL’s values through decision-making, leadership, and fostering a values-based culture.
About you:
9. Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
10. Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards.
11. Able to lead, inspire and develop a team.
12. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to use common MS Office applications (Word/Excel/Outlook)
What we will give to you:
13. 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
14. Paid ‘Wellbeing hour' each week
15. Employee Assist Programme Contributory pension scheme
16. A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
17. A friendly and supportive team
18. Training, career development & progression opportunities
19. Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
Please pay specific attention to your personal statement which will be used for shortlisting for this role.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here:
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 31 to 33 (£35,220.59 - £37,184.90) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date 19/10/2025