Betknowmore UK
Head of Support Services
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Lead a growing portfolio of support services making a real difference to people affected by gambling harm.
At Betknowmore UK, we work to prevent and reduce gambling-related harm through support, education, training, and community engagement, embracing the insight and knowledge of 'Experts by Experience' alongside evidence-based approaches. As our Head of Support Services, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across our Triage, Peer Aid, New Beginnings, and Affected Other teams, and lead the development of a strong, sustainable London-based service offer that establishes our presence and reach across the capital.
Reporting to the Director of Services and leading a team of service managers, you'll ensure our services are safe, effective, person-centred, and delivered to a consistently high standard, while strengthening pathways into and through support and ensuring services meet their contractual, quality, and impact objectives.
Key information:
- Location - Hybrid (London Hubs, with UK travel as required)
- Closing date / time - August 27, 2026, 5:00 PM
- Salary - £50,000 - £55,000 per year, FTE (depending on experience)
- Contract type - Full-time
What you'll be doing
- Providing operational oversight and leadership across our peer support services, with effective line management of service managers and direct reports
- Maintaining oversight of service demand, capacity, waiting times, and service user pathways, and addressing operational risks and barriers to delivery
- Monitoring service performance, quality, and outcomes, using data and feedback to drive continuous improvement
- Ensuring safeguarding and risk management procedures are understood and consistently applied, and that trauma-informed, person-centred principles are embedded in practice
- Ensuring staff and volunteers receive effective induction, supervision, training, and development, and promoting a psychologically informed culture that supports the wellbeing of a lived-experience workforce
- Building and maintaining relationships with commissioners, treatment providers, and referral partners, and representing Betknowmore UK at external meetings and partnership forums
- Managing delegated service budgets and resources, and contributing to service planning, forecasting, and funding bids
- Championing lived experience and co-production, and promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, and equitable access to support
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We're interested in hearing from candidates who have:
- Lived experience of addiction-related harms, either directly or as an affected other
- Significant management experience within mental health, social care, addiction, recovery, peer support, or a related field
- Experience leading complex support services and managing service managers or multidisciplinary teams
- Strong experience of performance management, service improvement, and workforce leadership
- A good understanding of safeguarding, risk management, and safe service delivery
- Experience working within commissioned or contract-funded services
- The ability to use data and evidence to improve performance and outcomes
- Strong communication, leadership, and partnership-working skills, with a commitment to lived experience-led and person-centred practice
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A degree-level qualification (or equivalent professional qualification) and substantial senior leadership experience in a relevant field such as mental health, public health, or social care is essential. Lived experience of gambling harms, management experience within gambling harms services, experience within NHS or statutory commissioning, and knowledge of NICE guidance, CQC standards, or comparable quality frameworks would all be advantageous.
Why join us?
You'll be joining a growing charity making a real difference to people's lives. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of our support services, build our presence across London, and lead a talented, lived-experience-informed team delivering life-changing support to people affected by gambling harm.
How to apply
Please submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter explaining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification to recruitment@betknowmoreuk.org
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