Partnership Lead
Overview
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
We are looking for a proactive and influential Partnership Lead to help shape the future of health and social care integration. In this strategic role, you will build and strengthen partnerships across Integrated Care Systems, Combatting Drugs Partnerships, criminal justice agencies, and health and social care providers. Working closely with local services, you will provide expert guidance, identify opportunities for collaboration, and support the delivery of innovative, joined-up approaches that reduce drug and alcohol-related harm, improve treatment outcomes, and tackle health inequalities. If you thrive on building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and making a meaningful difference in communities, we would love to hear from you.
Where: North Northamptonshire, Countywide
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
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.
Please note that interviews for this position will be held on Thursday 3 September 2026. We encourage applicants to reserve this date in their diary.
Responsibilities
About the role:
- Lead engagement with Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and Combating Drugs Partnerships (CDP), monitoring local developments, priorities, and outcomes.
- Coordinate data analysis, reporting, and project management activities to support partnership initiatives, including grant-funded programmes.
- Act as the key point of contact for ICS and CDP matters, providing tailored advice, guidance, and support to local services and teams.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with partners across health, social care, criminal justice, primary care, mental health, acute services, and the voluntary sector.
- Provide training, information, and guidance to staff and leaders, promoting best practice and the benefits of integrated, person-centred care.
- Monitor and report on OHID-funded activity, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements and keeping managers and commissioners informed of progress.
- Identify and develop partnership opportunities, learning events, and joint initiatives that reduce drug and alcohol-related harm and tackle health inequalities.
- Support the development of service agreements, information-sharing protocols, and joint working arrangements with key partners.
- Contribute to service leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder meetings, providing visible leadership and line management where required.
About You:
- 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,
- Able to develop, design new methods and approaches to update practises and service delivery
- Key project management skills and ability to set targets and meet key deadlines
- Able to lead and embed a solution-focused approach to dealing with challenge and conflict in integrated working
- Able to use a data driven approach to influence partnership relationships, improve service provision and to tell our story
- Able to communicate (at many levels) performance using variety of data and demonstrate ability to summarise key outputs
- Able to guide and support a culture that facilitates collaboration and learning
- Able to apply and respond to different learning styles
- Excellent communicator who is open, listens and collaborates
- Patience and compassion to work through complexity with both individuals/teams
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to adapt to situations as they occur
What We Offer
- Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
- We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
- Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
- Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays(pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
- Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
- Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work–life balance.
- Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.
As we want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation for this role
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.