About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to drive forward our service integration agenda. In this pivotal role, you will foster stronger partnerships between CGL services and external stakeholders across integrated care systems and Combatting Drugs Partnerships. Your work will directly support the delivery of the national Drug Strategy, helping services respond effectively to health and social care challenges.
You will guide and support service leaders, offering expert advice to ensure our services are aligned with local system priorities and community needs. By strengthening integration with criminal justice and health and social care providers, you will help improve treatment pathways, reduce substance-related harms, and contribute to tackling health inequalities.
If you are passionate about system-wide collaboration and improving outcomes for people affected by drugs and alcohol, we invite you to bring your expertise to this impactful role.
Interviews will take place in person on 3 September 2026 at our King's Cross offices. We kindly ask that you ensure you are available to attend on this date before submitting your application.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Manage relationships with a significant number of Mental Health services, including Mental Health Supported Accommodation and in-patient wards.Cultivate strong connections with GPs, Primary Care Networks, and two large Acute Trusts (Royal Free and UCLH).Identify areas for integrated working, developing robust pathways and processes for reviewing referrals, and resolving issues/challenges.Represent the Substance Misuse service at various operational meetings.Collaborate with internal teams to ensure effective service integration strategies.
About us
Believe in people
At Change Grow Live, above all else we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work.
If you use our services: we understand what you're going through. We won't judge. We believe you can make positive changes in your life.
If you work or volunteer for us: we believe in your potential. We believe you can do brilliant, life-changing work.
Our mission and vision
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
Changes to the Health and Social Care system and Drug Strategy developments are moving at pace. The purpose of the role is to lead activity which supports the organisation to understand and engage with these processes.
You will lead and sustain a service integration strategy and have a key role in developing greater collaboration between CGL services and external partners within integrated care systems and combatting drugs partnerships. This will accelerate progress in how our servicesare meeting health and social care (H&SC) challenges and responding to the Drug Strategy.
The role will help local teams to understand system challenges, focus on what works and improve the care and treatment experience of people using services. You will provide information, advice and guidance to service-based leaders to enable services to position themselves to best serve the local system and communities.
You will contribute by supporting CGL services to explore and evidence how they closely integrate with criminal justice and H&SC providers. The aim being to join up care locally around peoples needs,reduce drug and alcohol harms and contribute to a reduction of health inequalities.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of working within substance misuse services Experience of managing projects Experience working with vulnerable adults in a health and social care setting Knowledge and understanding of the possible pathways available within the Health, Social Care and Voluntary sector.
Qualifications Desirable
Relevant Management and Leadership qualification.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Change Grow Live
Address Change Grow Live
43 - 45
Kings Terrace
London
United Kingdom
NW1 0JR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.changegrowlive.org/ (Opens in a new tab)