WithYou is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity employing over 1,600 staff. With over 80 services across England and Scotland, we provide support and advice without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. Find out more about us here.

Every year, WithYou in Scotland helps more than 14,000 people to overcome challenges with drugs and alcohol. We are working towards a future free from harm, where anyone seeking help feels welcomed and not judged.

Join us as a Commercial Business Development Manager -Job Description/Person Specification

We are recruiting for a Commercial Business Development Manager for Scotland. This is a key role focused on driving the growth and sustainability of our services. It is an exciting opportunity to join our charity; we have launched Highland Anywhere, the UK's first fully virtual drug and alcohol service and recently retained and grew our largest service in Glasgow.

This role sits within our Business Development and Communications Directorate, an innovative team committed to finding new, impactful ways of connecting with our stakeholders so that we can grow our work and reach more people.

If you are looking to join a forward-thinking, values-driven charity and have the passion and expertise to lead our growth in Scotland, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

You will be responsible for the overall operation, leadership and day-to-day running of our business development activity in Scotland.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Project management: leading a project team to produce excellent quality, competitive and financially viable bids.
• Bid writing: contributing to the writing of technical responses, implementation plans and service and staffing models.
• Commercial modelling: developing costed pricing models that reflect specifications, internal cost structures and delivery models.
• Strategic analysis and pipeline development: monitoring market trends, commissioner expectations and competitor positioning to inform our regional pipelines.
• Collaboration: working closely with Directors, Operational Leads and other subject matter experts to prepare for and design service models.
• Compliance and quality: ensuring all models comply with procurement regulations and public sector contracting expectations.

This role is home-based, with travel across Scotland to our services and external events as required. Therefore, you must live in Scotland and have knowledge of the commissioning landscape to be considered for this role. There will also be occasional travel to England for internal meetings. The salary for this role is £35,000 to £43,878, depending on experience.

Company 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 once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

In your application, we’d be excited to see evidence of:

• Relevant experience in a similar role
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience and proven track record in business development, including writing tenders, designing services, producing budgets, developing new products and forming strategic and operational partnerships
• Knowledge of the third sector; health and social care; public health; criminal justice and/or housing business development and tendering processes in Scotland
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, including tender and pipeline planning and management
• Proven experience of writing successful tenders and the ability to write well and to develop others/teams to write well

Interviews are scheduled for 9th and 10th December at our Glasgow city centre office. All reasonable travel costs will be reimbursed.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please get in touch with Becky Harper (hiring manager - Head of Business Development Scotland and North England) at rebecca.harper@wearewithyou.org.uk, Natalia Naranjo at natalia.naranjo@wearewtihyou.org.uk (Head of Business Development South England) or our Recruitment team at recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Our vibrant and busy services across Glasgow provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have three Recovery Hubs (in North East, North West and South Glasgow), however much of our work is carried out in the local community. We work with people at all stages on their journey providing both one to one appointments and group work.

We are looking for a enthusiastic and dynamic Recovery Workers who are motivated to work as part of a thriving and diverse team, ensuring recovery opportunities are available for individuals at any point in their recovery journey. You will strive to work collaboratively with partners and communities, ensuring that we are as accessible as possible and that the principles of a Recovery Oriented System of Care and true person centred practice are at the heart of all that we do.

Our Recovery Workers play a vital role in supporting clients to identify their goals, ambitions, and passions. You’ll work with them to create the best treatment plan for their needs and to guide them on their path to recovery. This is a frontline role at WithYou, where you will provide continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, key work responsibilities, and intervention delivery. You will manage an active caseload, connecting quickly with clients and ensuring they’re always treated with respect and dignity.

This role is permanent and will work 37,5 hours per week across 7 days, evening and weekend work will be required. As a Recovery Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,000 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Company 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 once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We are looking for excellent communicators, who have the ability to build trust and put people at ease during their first meeting with our service. You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, or a clear motivation for wanting to work in the drug and alcohol sector. A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential. An SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health care is desirable for this post.

You will be highly organised, have excellent communication skills, and be able to manage your time effectively. You will work collaboratively as part of a team to ensure a high-quality service is maintained. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and has a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.

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.

Creating an Inclusive Environment

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 vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. 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. With You 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.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Glasgow is looking for an Advanced Practitioner - if you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

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. Find out more about us on our website.

This Advanced Practitioner role is specifically designed for those with advanced substance misuse knowledge and/or experience of working in a relevant field.

The Advanced Practitioner – Family Specialism will provide specialist leadership and support to strengthen family-focused practice across WithYou Glasgow services. The post will promote a whole-family approach, recognising the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, supporting service users to build and maintain positive family relationships as part of their recovery journey.

Our vibrant and busy services across Glasgow provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have three Recovery Hubs (in North East, North West and South Glasgow), however much of our work is carried out in the local community. We work with people at all stages on their journey providing both one to one appointments and group work.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Therapeutic Family Recovery Groups: Develop and deliver therapeutic family-focused recovery groups within each Hub, supporting service users to explore family relationships, parenting, family wellbeing and the impact of substance use. Sessions will incorporate the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators and My World Triangle framework.
• Family Learning Clubs: Establish and facilitate Family Learning Clubs, providing opportunities for service users and families to develop knowledge, skills and confidence around family wellbeing, relationships and recovery.
• Partnership Working: Act as the key link worker for local family support services and partner agencies, strengthening referral pathways, improving access to support and promoting joined-up, consistent responses for families.
• Direct Practice: Maintain a small, specialist caseload, providing focused assessment, support and interventions for individuals and families with more complex family-related needs.
• Safeguarding Leadership: Provide guidance, advice and support to colleagues on safeguarding matters, helping to build staff confidence, knowledge and competence in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Workforce Development: Upskill and support staff across the Hubs to embed family-inclusive, trauma-informed and child-centred practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of children and families remain central to service delivery.
• Lead the development, implementation and delivery of gender-specific interventions, ensuring treatment provision is responsive to the differing needs and experiences of women, men and people of diverse gender identities accessing the recovery hub.
• Champion and embed gender-responsive and trauma-informed approaches across the service, providing specialist guidance, staff development and support to ensure treatment is inclusive, accessible and responsive to individual needs and barriers to recovery.
• The role will champion a culture of family-inclusive recovery across WithYou Glasgow, ensuring that families are recognised as an integral part of the recovery process and that children and young people are supported to be safe, healthy and able to thrive.

This role is full time and permanent, working 37.5 hours over 7 days, evening and weekend working may be required

As an Advanced Practitioner we offer a starting salary of £28,325 per annum rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £32,960 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Company 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 once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual with advanced knowledge and/or experience within the substance use sector or a relevant specialist setting, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with individuals and families.

You will have a strong understanding of the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, alongside experience or knowledge of developing and delivering family-focused interventions and supporting positive family relationships. You will be confident providing specialist guidance and support to colleagues, particularly around safeguarding, family-inclusive practice and trauma-informed approaches.

You will be highly organised, have excellent communication and partnership-working skills, being able to manage your time effectively. You will be passionate about developing and embedding high-quality, inclusive and gender-responsive practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of individuals, children and families remain central to service delivery. Above all, we are looking for someone who can provide specialist leadership, inspire and support colleagues, and champion a whole-family approach to recovery.

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.

Street Connect is a Christian organisation with a mission to offer hope and opportunity of recovery for people disadvantaged by addiction, homelessness, and poor mental health.

As the Projects Worker you can contribute to profound and lasting changes in the lives of highly vulnerable individuals. In 2025/26, we estimate we benefitted approximately 2,521 individuals across our projects, with 9,804 street outreach interventions and 5,139 footfalls in our cafés. 9 participants are currently resident in our supported accommodation. Our model continues to demonstrate consistent progression across key stages: 511 – around 25% of those reached through street outreach and drop-in cafés went on to receive more structured support; Of those, 395, or 77% engaged in community recovery groups (315 in 2024/25); 255, or 50% progressed into one-to-one Key Work support (201 in 2024/25); From this group, 35 individuals were supported to enter into residential rehabilitation (16 in 2024/25). Alongside this, we continue to see positive outcomes for 28 participants engaged in our Aftercare programme (25 in 2024/25) and 50% of Aftercare participants were engaged in internships or voluntary placements (14 individuals)

You will work as part of the Street Connect team seeking to develop and deliver community recovery support through a range of different routes to both male and female service participants who have a background of complex needs such as addiction, homelessness, and mental health issues, who are now at different stages in their recovery journey.

This will include both those in aftercare who are living independently and free from such issues and those at an earlier stage in their recovery.

GOR:

• Required to have a genuine and active Christian faith demonstrated by a live church commitment.
• Some Projects Worker posts are restricted to women only, as some female participants require particular care and attention or a safe environment that only a female worker can provide.