Training and Participation Lead (Ref: 0125ZN) in Preston

Closing date: Tuesday 31st March 2026. Please include a cover letter with your application, outlining how you feel you meet the requirements of the role.

Join our team as a Training and Participation Lead in Lancashire. As a Training and Participation Lead in our Lancashire Young People’s service, you will build and maintain community relationships and support our teams and peer mentors to build connections with diverse communities. Our Training and Participation Lead will deliver face‑to‑face and online training to professionals from a range of partner agencies, helping to increase awareness around substances and delivering the harm reduction messages.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver face‑to‑face and online training to professionals from a range of partner agencies.
• Help increase awareness around substances and deliver the harm reduction messages.
• Build and maintain community relationships; support our teams and peer mentors to build connections with diverse communities.

Essential Skills:

• A Volunteer Management qualification, or a Training qualification, or equivalent, or be willing to achieve this within 18 months.
• Experience of planning and delivering training programmes.
• Experience of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non‑statutory agencies.
• A thorough knowledge of safeguarding and boundaries, meaningfully involving young people in co‑production and implementation.
• The ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A proven track record of working as an individual and as part of a team sharing skills, experience and knowledge with others.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Resilience and strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands.
• Strong IT skills.
• The ability to visit other locations in order to deliver the services required – use of a car for business purposes is required.

Diversity & Inclusion:

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We welcome people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans. As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for veterans who meet all essential criteria for a role. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability who meet all essential criteria for a role. We will make reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities, learning difficulties such as dyslexia or medical conditions that may affect performance during any aspect of the selection process.

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year.
• Auto‑enrolment into We Are With You's pension scheme.
• Access to a Blue Light Card – giving you great savings on big high‑street and online brands.
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing.
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6‑month probation period.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships. You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, ideally with young people and a clear motivation for working in the drug and alcohol sector. A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential.

Experience:

• We are looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships.
• Experience of planning and delivering training programmes.
• Experience of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non‑statutory agencies.
• A thorough knowledge of safeguarding and boundaries, meaningfully involving young people in co‑production and implementation.
• The ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A proven track record of working as an individual and as part of a team sharing skills, experience and knowledge with others.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Resilience and strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands.
• The ability to visit other locations in order to deliver the services required – use of a car for business purposes is required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Please review our Recruitment Frequently Asked Questions before submitting your application.