St Thomas Fund Team Leader

Team Leader – St Thomas Fund (Residential Drug & Alcohol Recovery)

Believe in people? Want to end the day knowing you made a real difference?

If you’re motivated by recovery, inclusion, and purposeful leadership, this could be the role for you.

The St Thomas Fund is a long-established residential drug and alcohol service for people with a connection to Brighton & Hove. We provide structured psychosocial programmes, meaningful daily routines, and practical support that helps residents build life skills, strengthen recovery capital, and move toward independent, healthy, and hopeful futures.

We’re looking for a Team Leader who can build on the strengths of a committed, values-driven team—bringing fresh perspective, strong collaboration, and a people-first approach that keeps residents at the heart of everything we do.

We Thrive at Change Grow Live

At Change Grow Live:

• We Thrive by recruiting for success, recognising and rewarding effort, and working in ways that are safe, healthy, agile, and flexible.
• Together we learn, develop, grow, and spot future talent and leaders across all parts of our organisation so we can deliver on our mission.
• Everyone experiences a sense of Belonging: every voice counts, we are inclusive, and we engage and connect at all levels.
• We create the conditions for success for everyone who works and volunteers with us.
• We deliver world-class learning and organisational development so we can grow together and achieve our aspirations.
• We enable open, inclusive, and transparent cultures where our values are lived and experienced—every day, in every conversation.

If that sounds like your kind of place, read on.

About the Service

St Thomas Fund offers a recovery-focused, strengths-based residential environment. Residents work toward their goals through structured psychosocial interventions, health and wellbeing activities, practical life skills support, and strong community connections. We actively encourage people to build recovery capital beyond the residence—linking into peer networks, social activities, and longer-term housing pathways.

*Full Time Salary: £35,220.59 - £37,184.90 dependant on experience 

Hours: Full Time 37.5 per week

Contract Type: Permanent 

Location: Brighton

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

About the Role:

As Team Leader, you will provide visible, values-based leadership that supports safe, high-quality, person-centred residential recovery and robust housing management.

You’ll:

• Lead, supervise, and develop a multidisciplinary team (frontline workers, volunteers, peers, placements).
• Foster a recovery-focused, inclusive culture where hope, choice, and empowerment guide practice.
• Ensure housing management tasks are completed: inductions, tenancy/licence agreements, key handovers, property standards, rent collection, and move-on coordination.
• Oversee safeguarding practice (adults & children) and risk management, working closely with local partners.
• Monitor resident wellbeing and support access to health, benefits, and community services.
• Maintain accurate, timely records to ensure consistent, joined-up support across the team.
• Coordinate repairs, H&S checks, and compliance with property standards and CGL policy.
• Work flexibly (including occasional evenings/weekends as needed) to meet service and resident needs.

What You’ll Lead Day to Day:

People & Practice

• Line manage, supervise, and appraise staff using reflective, values-led leadership.
• Use data and feedback to drive service quality and improvement.
• Champion Skill-Station learning pathways and support team development.
• Embed CGL values: Be open. Be compassionate. Be bold.

Residents & Recovery

• Welcome and induct new residents; explain agreements, ground rules, and rights.
• Ensure consistent support planning and keywork—1:1 and group.
  Spot and respond to safeguarding concerns quickly and effectively.
• Encourage meaningful activity: peer support, community recovery, social inclusion.

Housing & Compliance

• Oversee tenancy/licence admin, rent records, benefits signposting, and move-on planning.
• Coordinate maintenance, facilities liaison, H&S checks, lone working protocols.
• Support smooth transitions at entry and exit—including key collection/return and resettlement links.

About You

You don’t need to tick every box to apply—but you’ll thrive in this role if you bring:

• Experience in substance use, supported housing, criminal justice, mental health, or related social care settings.
• Confidence leading or supervising others (formal or informal leadership welcomed).
• Strong communication skills — you listen well, explain clearly, and document accurately.
• A collaborative style: you work with residents, colleagues, and partners as equals.
• A proactive, organised approach to balancing people support with property compliance.
• Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and trauma-informed, person-centred practice.
• Comfort using IT systems to record, report, and track outcomes.

What We’ll Give You

• You’ll join a supportive national charity with a strong local identity—and room to grow.
• Structured induction and ongoing development
• Leadership learning & progression pathways
• Generous annual leave (rising with service) + bank holidays
• Paid Wellness Hour & wellbeing resources
• Pension scheme & lifestyle benefit discounts
• A values-led team that celebrates effort and impact

Ready to lead with purpose?

If you’re ready to guide a motivated team, support people in recovery, and shape a service that matters to Brighton & Hove, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help us build a community where people recover, belong, and thrive.

If you would like to have an informal conversation with a colleague prior to making an application , please email georgina.burbidge@cgl.org.uk or samuel.gallagher@cgl.org.uk 

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.