Team Leader - Substance Misuse

Team Leader - Substance Misuse

The closing date is 21 January 2026

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of individuals affected by substance misuse? We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Substance Misuse Team Leader to take a lead role in delivering high-quality recovery services within a prison setting.

As a senior member of our multi‑disciplinary team, you will take a lead role in providing the successful and effective delivery of Substance Misuse Recovery Services in HMP Peterborough, Secured Services. To work as a Team Leader – Substance Misuse within a multi‑disciplinary team in a prison setting, providing care to patients with complex substance misuse problems with co‑occurring mental health issues, from the point of entry into the prison system to re‑entry into the community so that re‑offending is reduced and the health and social functioning of prisoners is improved.

• Lead the delivery of psychosocial substance misuse services in line with national standards and performance indicators.
• Provide high‑quality, person‑centred care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Champion both harm reduction and recovery‑focused approaches.
• Ensure services demonstrate value for money and meet the expectations of commissioners.
• Provide leadership and professional guidance to the staff team, ensuring adherence to policies and the highest standards of care.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Nottinghamshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

• Leadership skills and experience.
• Evidence of equivalent training and experience within the provision of structured psychosocial interventions, Motivational Interviewing skills, RCGP1, RQF Level 3 in Substance Misuse.
• Approx 3 years experience in prison or community related substance misuse multi‑disciplinary work.
• Previous experience of working in a secure setting.

• Ability to identify complex issues/situations/information and have the skills to formulate solutions and make recommendations on the best course of action for patients.
• To assess and evaluate risk in relation to substance misuse needs for the psychosocial service and patients.

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust