Full-Time Team Manager (Rough Sleeper Drug & Alcohol Support)
Job Description
Are you looking for your first leadership role in the drug and alcohol sector? For an exciting and challenging opportunity that makes a difference?
We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the Phoenix Futures team as a Team Manager in our Essex Rough Sleeping Drug & Alcohol Support Team. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team (made up of alcohol services, drug services, housing support, health workers, mental health and wellbeing workers) with the sole task of reducing the numbers of rough sleepers on the streets, engaging them with and supporting them through structured drug and alcohol treatment, building recovery and creating robust support plans, so they do not return to the streets once resettled.
The Role
- To lead and direct a team delivering outreach and in-reach support to people who sleep rough in Essex improving their readiness to access drug and alcohol treatment.
- To support and supervise Phoenix Futures staff as well as oversee staff from partnership agencies working under this project.
- Delivery of high-quality service provision that meets contractual, regulatory, and organisational standards and improves access to treatment for people who sleep rough.
- To confidently promote the service to stakeholders across Essex, ensuring understanding of service offer.
About You
To join us as Team Manager, you will need:
- Significant experience of the substance misuse sector or related field
- Experience of line managing others (staff, sessional staff or volunteers)
- Confidence in building relationships with other professionals (health providers, the police, youth services, mental health & substance misuse organisations) and to maintain the excellent reputation of Phoenix Futures.
- The ability to be innovative and flexible in order to meet the needs of the service
Your Rewards
- Starting salary of £26,500, with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £31,250.
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days)
- Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
- Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
- Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
- Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access
- A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.
- We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.
About Phoenix Futures
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.
Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.
We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing.
We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.
How to Apply
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