Welsh Programmes Team Leader - South Wales

Welsh Programmes Team Leader – South Wales

Permanent£27,992

We’re looking for a dynamic Team Leader to coordinate and deliver high-quality, client-focused substance misuse programmes across our regional prison sites. You’ll be joining an organisation with a strong social mission and a deep commitment to supporting individuals to overcome addiction, reintegrate into society, and build positive futures.

As Team Leader, you will play a central role in the delivery of psychosocial interventions and accredited programmes for prisoners aged 18 and over, working as part of an integrated healthcare framework. The services use both harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches, tailored to the individual and involves regular travel to prison sites across the region. Flexibility and a proactive, problem-solving attitude are essential.

Your role will include:

• Coordinating the delivery of recovery-focused programmes across multiple projects within your region.
• Line managing and supporting Peer Coordinators and Programme Staff, ensuring effective training, supervision and performance management.
• Leading service delivery to ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, and clinical standards (including CQC).
• Building collaborative relationships with partner agencies and stakeholders to deliver impactful, joined-up services.
• Monitoring performance and quality, driving improvement through reflective practice, audits and outcomes-focused work.

We’re seeking an experienced and committed leader who brings:

• A strong background in substance misuse services, with experience delivering structured interventions in both 1:1 and group settings.
• Experience of coordinating services and supervising staff or volunteers.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and multi-agency working.
• A Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification.
• Strong communication, IT and organisational skills.

We’re especially interested in candidates who have worked in prison settings or with criminal justice-involved clients and who bring lived experience of recovery (with at least 3 years in recovery, if relevant).

Apply now and lead a team that truly makes a difference.

\’Early applications are advised, due to high demand we reserve the right to end this advert early should we find a suitable candidate

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)

Diversity at Forward Trust

The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here .

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.