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
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Independent Prescriber
Contract type: Permanent Salary: £40,440 - £58,190 Closing Date: 12 February 2025
Are you a Nurse or Pharmacist with an Independent Prescriber qualification and a passion for delivering evidence-based treatments in Substance Misuse?
We are seeking dedicated professionals like you to join our team in Leeds and make a meaningful impact in people’s lives, their families and communities. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Independent Prescriber to join our dynamic healthcare team. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical skills, a strong knowledge of pharmacology, and the ability to autonomously assess, diagnose, and manage patient care. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional patient outcomes and ensure the highest standards of care.
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Alcohol and Substance Worker (Focussed Intervention Team)
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £24,652 - £26,994 Closing Date: 13 February 2025
Your role will be to work with service users who identify as having problems with drugs (predominantly non-opiates) and alcohol, to deliver appropriate interventions in a time-bound manner.
You will also be required to promote the service and communicate advice and information to the general public through coordinated attendance at a wide range of city wide events, presentations to varied groups, one to one engagement, work within the night time economy and many other types of public interaction.
We are looking for someone with experience of working with people with issues surrounding alcohol and drugs and someone that has experience of effective interventions.
We would like someone approachable to be able to engage with members of the public in a one-to-one setting and be able to work with a caseload of clients.
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Building Recovery in Communities Worker (Sustained Recovery)
Contract type: Full time and permanent Salary: £24,020-£30,790 Closing Date: 14 February 2025
The BRIC (Building Recovery in Communities) Workers work closely with our treatment service, engaging those leaving treatment to provide aftercare support so they can sustain their recovery and remain drug or alcohol-free.
As a BRIC Coordinator, you will lead in building, developing and strengthening sustainable peer-led recovery support services and recovery communities across Leeds, including our recovery academy, 5 Ways.
You will take a “whole person” holistic approach, ensuring that every person’s package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, not just their substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes.
You can really make a difference by believing in the people we support and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.
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Young Peoples Team Lead Practitioner
Contract type: Permanent Salary: £25,010-£35,090 Closing Date: 23 February 2025
Forward Leeds Young People’s Team are looking to recruit a passionate, creative Lead Practitioner for its team working with 18 – 24-year-olds. You will work closely with the Service Manager and the Lead Practitioner for under 18’s to ensure people who use the service receive positive, life-changing interventions.
Some of the key duties will include:
- Establishing city-wide multi-agency links to increase referrals into the service.
- Manage a caseload of service users, completing and reviewing high quality and comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and support plans, including liaising with family members, significant others and professionals / agencies as appropriate.
- Implement, develop and assist in the management of services delivered by the team.
- Manage, mentor, coach and ensure the development of staff reporting to you.
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Drug and Alcohol Practitioner – Opiates
Contract type: Permanent/Part-time, Monday-Friday 26.5 hours Salary: £24,020-£30,790 pro rata Closing Date: 23 February 2025
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a part-time Drug and Alcohol Recovery Coordinator, to join our team at 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.
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Drug and Alcohol Practitioner
Contract type: Permanent, Part-time 20 hours per week over three days Salary: £24,020-£30,790 pro rata Closing Date: 26 February 2025
An exciting opportunity to join our Recovery Team at our hub in Armley.
A Drug & Alcohol Practitioner role is a diverse and rewarding role, the key duties you will undertake are:
- Manage a caseload, devising, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
- Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial assessment into structured treatment.
- Provide 1:1 PSI and brief intervention support
- Care planning and risk assessment/management
- You will take a “whole person” holistic approach to ensure that every service user’s package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.
- Reduce substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
- Working collaboratively with key partners and colleagues across the city-wide partnership to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
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Recovery Coordinator
Contract type: Full-time, permanent Salary: £24,020-£30,790 Closing Date: 9 March 2025
An exciting opportunity to become a Recovery Coordinator and join our Forward Leeds team in Kirkgate!
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.
About you…
- Experience working within a similar role or experienced within the sector (desirable).
- Comfortable working outreach within the community/have experience doing so.
- Managing a caseload and confident speaking to third parties such as housing associations, probations etc.
- Ability to use your initiative and be proactive.