This role is for a qualitative researcher based at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College as part of a research team that is based in three sites (London, Leeds/Huddersfield, Scotland). The post-holder will have responsibility for work in London with some responsibility to support and work with with a Research Assistant based at the University of Huddersfield and to communicate effectively with the team in Stirling. This is a longitudinal study that has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research, ‘Evaluating Models of care, best practice and care pathways for drug dependent women and their infants, from preconception to 18 months postnatal’ or the Stepping Stones Study. The study is jointly led by Dr Polly Radcliffe at the National Addiction Centre, KCL and Professor Helen Cheyne of the Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit at the University of Stirling.