Jobs

Join us. We are always looking for great people. We have a range of roles in our service across the spectrum of drug and alcohol work. Please keep checking back as we add new roles all the time. We welcome applications from people who have lived experience of issues with alcohol and/or drugs.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Exceptional support, training and development
• Flexible working

Forward Leeds is a service made up of several key partners: Waythrough, BARCA-Leeds, St. Anne’s Community Services and Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community.

Current Vacancies

• Opioid Medication Practitioner

  Contract type: Permanent
  Salary: £24,242.40-£30,790
  Closing Date: 11 July 2025

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  An exciting opportunity to join our newly funded Over the Counter Medicine/Prescription Opioid Medication team. Key duties will include:

  • Holding a small caseload, supporting those people to make positive changes to their opioid/opiate based OTC/POM use.
  • Successful candidates will build a network with local GPs, pharmacies, and healthcare services with the aim of increasing numbers into treatment and successful treatment completions.
  • Successful candidates will be an integral member of the dynamic multi-agency team developing comprehensive and tailored individual interventions.
  • The successful candidate will adopt a trauma informed approach to improve individual health outcomes while working alongside motivated multi-disciplinary teams to support tailored individual interventions.

• Apprentice Recovery Coordinator

  Contract type: Apprentice, Full Time
  Salary: £19,240
  Closing Date: 11 July 2025

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  15 month apprenticeship

  Location: Irford House, Seacroft, LS14 6PA
  Working hours: 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday

  Are you looking to start a rewarding career journey where you can gain a qualification whilst helping to improve the quality of people’s lives?  This role encourages applicants who may have personal lived experience of alcohol/substance use and/or experience of accessing recovery services in support of alcohol/substance use/mental health issues. Community service and Volunteering will be taken into account.

• Recovery Coordinator York Street Health Practice

  Contract type: Permanent
  Salary: £24,242.40-£30,790
  Closing Date: 14 July 2025

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  An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Forward Leeds Active Recovery Team based at the York Street Health Practice, which is a GP who support highly vulnerable groups of people, including homeless individuals, which this role will work closely with supporting.

  In this role your main focus would be supporting the service users within your caseload and in close partnership with the Forward Leeds Street Support Team, existing Recovery Coordinators, York Street health Practice health care workers and clinical Prescribers to build recovery capital for those who are register at York Street Health Practice and present with substance misuse issues are homeless or have no fixed abode.

  The primary focus of the role is to support vulnerable adults to build stability and work towards recovery from substance misuse issues and all related concerns. As stated above the role is primary based at York Street Health Practice but is also closely linked and integrated with our Active recovery Team based at the Forward Leeds Kirkgate Hub.

• Drug and Alcohol Practitioner – Opiates (Seacroft)

  Contract type: Permanent, Full Time
  Salary: £24,242.40-£30,790
  Closing Date: 18 July 2025

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  We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Drug and Alcohol Recovery Coordinator to join our Forward Leeds team based at Irford House in Seacroft. This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will:

  • Manage a caseload by creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
  • Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
  • Support clients in various different treatment stages, from initial assessment to exiting treatment, accessing sustained recovery and aftercare.
  • Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
  • Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues across the street to support partnerships to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.