Team Leader

Overview:
**Believe in People?**:
**The best people have one thing in common.**:
**They care.**

At Change Grow Live, our values — _be open, be compassionate, be bold_ — shape everything we do. Every day, our teams work together to create the conditions for success, supporting people to change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We Thrive by recruiting for success, recognising and rewarding effort. We are safe, healthy, agile and flexible in how we work.

**About the Role**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a **Team Leader** to join our West Kent Service.

You’ll play a vital role in leading and inspiring a passionate, multi-disciplinary team, empowering them to deliver outstanding support for adults affected by substance use across the region. You’ll model our values every day, creating a positive, trauma-informed culture where people are supported to reach their goals and where every voice counts.

Working alongside the Service Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the operational management and ongoing development of your team — ensuring a safe, high-quality, and responsive service that reflects both local needs and national standards.

Together as a team, we are learning, developing, growing, and identifying future talent and leaders to deliver our mission.

**Hours**: 37.5 per week
**Salary**: £35,220.59 - £37,184.91 (depending on experience)
**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Please note**: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

**Responsibilities**:
**What You’ll Do**:
- Provide operational leadership and line management to Recovery Coordinators, including supervision, appraisal, and performance management.- Ensure service delivery is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and focused on harm reduction and resilience.- Empower staff to promote hope, choice, and opportunity, supporting people to achieve their full potential.- Create a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement through observed practice and constructive feedback.- Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal colleagues and external partners to ensure a joined-up approach to care.- Contribute to the strategic development and improvement of the West Kent Service.

**About You**:
- Experience of working with adults affected by substance use or other complex needs.- Strong knowledge of drugs, alcohol and their effects, with an understanding of community-based support models.- Experience of line management, supervision, and team leadership.- Excellent knowledge of safeguarding and a proven ability to embed it in practice.- A skilled communicator who can foster partnerships and inspire collaboration.- Calm under pressure, adaptable, and committed to achieving positive outcomes for the people you support.

**What We Offer**:
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), rising annually to 30 days with service.- A paid _Wellbeing Hour_ each week, plus access to our _Wellness Hub_ and Employee Assistance Programme.- Contributory pension scheme.- Wide range of staff benefits, including discounts on shopping, travel, and entertainment.- Ongoing training, career development and progression opportunities.- A friendly, supportive and inclusive workplace.- Generous _Refer a Friend_ scheme.

Everyone at Change Grow Live experiences a sense of belonging — we are inclusive, we engage and connect at all levels, and we create the conditions for success for people who work and volunteer with us.