Team Leader - Sutton - 9 Month FTC
Location: Sutton
Salary : £30,082 per annum
Closing date: 30 Jan 2026
About The Role
Are you an experienced people manager who thrives in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment?
Were looking for a confident and compassionate Team Manager to lead a team delivering life-changing health and wellbeing support to adult drug and alcohol users. This is a 9-month fixed-term contract running from March to December 2026, offering the chance to make an immediate impact during a key period for the service.
Youll oversee tailored interventions using harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches, while supporting low-level mental health needs. This is a hands-on leadership role where quality, performance, and people matter.
What youll be doing
Leading, motivating, and developing a team of practitioners
Allocating caseloads and managing a small number of complex cases
Ensuring interventions meet required quality, audit, and inspection standards
Driving performance against KPIs and contractual targets
Overseeing rotas, resources, and day-to-day service delivery
Supporting accurate data collection, reporting, and submission deadlines
Deputising for the Service Manager when required
Building strong relationships with commissioners, partners, and stakeholders
Youll be a great fit if you
Are an experienced people manager with a collaborative leadership style
Can balance operational delivery with coaching and development
Are confident managing performance, quality, and risk
Thrive in a role with responsibility, autonomy, and trust
Lead by example, including prioritising staff wellbeing and self-care
This fixed-term role gives you the opportunity to lead an established team, maintain high-quality service delivery, and support positive outcomes for service users, all while being part of a supportive and collaborative environment.
All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.
Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.
About Us
We 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 working
Training and development opportunities
Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Electric Car Scheme
3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
Access to Blue Light Card
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 Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
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