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Advanced Practitioner - Womens Worker (Ref:0063ZD)

The closing date is 26 August 2025

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Job summary

This role has been designed to work specifically with women living across the borough, with diverse and complex needs to engage in treatment around their substance use, healthy relationships and mental and emotional health.

Main duties of the job

Your main responsibility will be to work with our vulnerable women cohort to engage them in treatment. You will be holding women only spaces, reaching out to women only refuges and hostels and developing our women only offer. There will be an emphasis on multi agency working and networking to develop and provide sustainable pathways, supporting women to meet their goals. You will also be responsible for leading the clinical governance of the service, ensuring clients' needs are addressed in an appropriate, planned and timely manner following assessment through to completion of referral. You will support the day to day operation of the service through delivery of evidence based interventions, managing a small active caseload. You will work to develop and enhance the practice of frontline workers including Recovery Workers, Volunteers and Recovery Champions, to ensure they meet clinical governance requirements. You will identify activities that supplement existing systems, processes and resources and then develop skills and enhance practice to improve service quality.

About us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland. Our name reflects who we are - a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that's right for them. Our staff team changes lives. If you're passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we'd love to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

19 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£30,390 to £41,700 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

oc-1755011507-Q9NI3

Job locations

Brixton

South West London

SW9 8DG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Join us as an Advanced Practitioner in Lambeth.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives? Our team in Lambeth is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we'd love to hear from you.

In accordance with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9), this post is open to female applicants only, as it is a genuine occupational requirement for the role to be filled by a woman. This requirement is due to the nature of the role, which involves work with our vulnerable women cohort to engage them in treatment (including working in women only spaces). The role requires an individual who can effectively understand and support the needs of women who may have experienced gender-specific challenges.

At Lambeth, WithYou works closely with the lead provider, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and partners, Phoenix Futures and Way Through providing free and confidential support to adults experiencing challenges with drugs and alcohol.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year.

The closing date for applications is 26th August 2025. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role.

As an Advanced Practitioner you will work collaboratively with the Service Manager, Team Leaders, Operations Managers and our partner organisations, to ensure clear communication and meet the delivery needs of this service to support our clients to achieve positive outcomes. This post requires excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently. You will support staff in high performing recovery work, overseeing quality assurance and safeguarding, with the capacity to work within competing demands and tight timescales.

The position is full time and fixed term until 10/09/2026. The salary is £30,390 - £41,700 per annum (this is inclusive of a Inner London Weighting payment of £4,000 per year).

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-enrollment 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 months probation period

    • As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, 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 candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Join us as an Advanced Practitioner in Lambeth.

    Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives? Our team in Lambeth is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we'd love to hear from you.

    In accordance with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9), this post is open to female applicants only, as it is a genuine occupational requirement for the role to be filled by a woman. This requirement is due to the nature of the role, which involves work with our vulnerable women cohort to engage them in treatment (including working in women only spaces). The role requires an individual who can effectively understand and support the needs of women who may have experienced gender-specific challenges.

    At Lambeth, WithYou works closely with the lead provider, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and partners, Phoenix Futures and Way Through providing free and confidential support to adults experiencing challenges with drugs and alcohol.

    As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year.

    The closing date for applications is 26th August 2025. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role.

    As an Advanced Practitioner you will work collaboratively with the Service Manager, Team Leaders, Operations Managers and our partner organisations, to ensure clear communication and meet the delivery needs of this service to support our clients to achieve positive outcomes. This post requires excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently. You will support staff in high performing recovery work, overseeing quality assurance and safeguarding, with the capacity to work within competing demands and tight timescales.

    The position is full time and fixed term until 10/09/2026. The salary is £30,390 - £41,700 per annum (this is inclusive of a Inner London Weighting payment of £4,000 per year).

    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-enrollment 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 months probation period

    • As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, 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 candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • ONC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or a commitment to complete within 18-months

    Experience

    Essential

    • You will have:
    • Experience working in the in the health, social care or criminal justice setting and of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
    • Experience of supporting others and their learning
    • Experience of being involved with or leading on service development
    • Demonstrable experience of gathering and maintaining information to support decision making processes
    • An understanding of the issues facing people experiencing challenges in relation to drug/alcohol and/or mental health challenges
    • Knowledge of health and safety, including assessing high risk situations
    • Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
    • Be results driven and possess analytical skills
    • Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with an inspiring and engaging approach. A full job description and person specification is available on request from recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • ONC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or a commitment to complete within 18-months

    Experience

    Essential

    • You will have:
    • Experience working in the in the health, social care or criminal justice setting and of working in partnership with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies
    • Experience of supporting others and their learning
    • Experience of being involved with or leading on service development
    • Demonstrable experience of gathering and maintaining information to support decision making processes
    • An understanding of the issues facing people experiencing challenges in relation to drug/alcohol and/or mental health challenges
    • Knowledge of health and safety, including assessing high risk situations
    • Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
    • Be results driven and possess analytical skills
    • Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with an inspiring and engaging approach. A full job description and person specification is available on request from recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

    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.

    Employer details

    Employer name

    We Are With You

    Address

    Brixton

    South West London

    SW9 8DG


    Employer's website

    https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    We Are With You

    Address

    Brixton

    South West London

    SW9 8DG


    Employer's website

    https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer contact details

    For questions about the job, contact:

    Recruitment Manager

    Emily Frost

    Emily.frost@wearewithyou.org.uk

    07811056955

    Details

    Date posted

    19 August 2025

    Pay scheme

    Other

    Salary

    £30,390 to £41,700 a year

    Contract

    Fixed term

    Duration

    12 months

    Working pattern

    Full-time

    Reference number

    oc-1755011507-Q9NI3

    Job locations

    Brixton

    South West London

    SW9 8DG


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