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
Family Support Volunteer
Contract type: Part-Time volunteering Salary: n/a
This role will support the family plus team in a new and exciting Wellbeing Café targeted toward young people in Key Stage 3. We are looking for a motivated, confident and approachable volunteer to help plan and deliver a safe space for young people to attend. The volunteer will also support in the planning and delivery of school holiday activity sessions.
Tasks may include:
- Support the planning of Wellbeing Café sessions with staff.
- Support the delivery of Wellbeing Café sessions.
- Travelling to Wellbeing Café and other activity session venues.
- Support in the planning and delivery of school holiday activity sessions.
- Support young people in various activities, e.g., arts and crafts.
- Potential to support staff on home visits.
- Potential to shadow and support other members of the family plus team and other teams within Forward Leeds.
Volunteering Support Volunteer
Contract type: Part-Time Volunteering Salary: n/a
This role will support the volunteering team to develop and expand volunteering opportunities in Yorkshire, primarily in the student population. You will liaise with services to find potential volunteer vacancies and educate staff about the value of volunteering. You will also engage with people interested in volunteering to ensure that everybody is offered a chance to volunteer with us. This role requires proficiency in information technology and confidence in using Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel, Outlook, Word).
This role is a great opportunity for students to develop their people skills, and provides experience those interested in working in recruitment and outreach.
Young Person’s Drug and Alcohol Practitioner
Contract type: Part-time and permanent Salary: 27,000 - 29,050 (pro-rata) Closing Date: 17 September 2026
The Young Person’s team deliver drug and alcohol related interventions for young people (up to 21 years, or 24 years, depending on vulnerability) across Leeds. The team works on a predominantly outreach basis, delivering one-one sessions in a variety of community settings, including school and home visits. This post will focus on the under 18’s cohort.
The role may also include delivering targeted group work sessions, drop-ins and service promotion at events. This will be through local community events, city wide events and at other public facing venues and arenas. The candidate will need to be engaging and comfortable with approaching and talking to members of the public and delivering opportunistic brief interventions. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required.
Family Plus Worker
Contract type: Permanent and Full Time Salary: 27,000 - 29,050 Closing Date: 23 September 2026
The Family Plus team work within Forward Leeds supporting families of service users engaged within treatment for issues around drugs and alcohol. The team engages in a preventative and early help model, engaging with families whose requirements are below the child protection threshold. The purpose of the engagement is to improve the functioning of the family and assist in getting available support to maintain changes. The team consists of family plus workers based across each of the three Forward Leeds sites, an emotional health and wellbeing worker who works exclusively with the children of the families a senior worker and a Team Manager.