Location
Sheffield | United Kingdom
Job description
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, 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 Team Leaders here at Change Grow Live play an integral role in ensuring an effective service provision for our service users by creating a focussed culture, engaging staff to provide an innovative and continually improving service and provide leadership, support, and development to a wide range of staff.
We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to join our Sheffield service . As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will work flexibly and creatively to establish what is needed to have the most positive impact for all who are referred to our service.
Where: Sheffield
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary : £33,365.47 - £35,226.32 Pro Rata (CGL Scale 31-33) depending on experience
This is a 2 year contract with the potential for permanent contract thereafter
About the role:
- Operational line management of a team of staff which includes supervision (with reflective practice), appraisal, performance and sickness management as well as ensuring staff follow CGL and external policies applicable to their roles
- To support and guide the team to assess children, young people, and their families, prepare individual and group plans and motivate them to actively engage with support.
- Work with your team and Designated Safeguarding Lead (if not your role) to ensure that the practices within the team/service enable identification of service users, children and families who are at risk. Ensure that staff are competent in the delivery of interventions that reduce risk to service users
- Support staff to improve service user outcomes through observed practice, providing timely values-based feedback.
- To work with the service manager to ensure the child’s voice is at the centre of all work carried out.
- To be responsible for proactively generating and increasing referrals from relevant partners including utilising data to target specific services/provisions supported by your team.
- To identify and collaborate effectively with partner agencies and bring a proactive approach to partnership working to work towards positive outcomes for the service.
- To work together with managers from Social Care, YJS and other relevant partners to develop activity within their services.
- To delegate workloads evenly and ensure contingencies are in place for busy periods.
About you:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of working with children and young people experiencing difficulties around Substance misuse.
- Project management experience including working against deadlines.
- Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards
- Significant experience of leading teams who work with families where children are subject to social care intervention
- Excellent knowledge of safeguarding policies and practices relating to children and young people and experience of embedding these operationally.
- Knowledge and experience of community-based support/outreach practices.
- Knowledge of current legislation surrounding children, young people, and safeguarding practice
- Able to lead, inspire and develop a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to use common MS Office applications (Word/Excel/Outlook)
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme and receive £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful.
Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you
CGL points 31 to 33 (£34,700.09 - £36,635.37)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
8/3/2024
Nick Cave |
[email protected] This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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