Team Leader

Description:

Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across The UK with mental health, substance misuse and learning disabilities. As a Project Worker, you will make a real difference to individual’s quality of life as you engage with people to improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you’ll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you will gain the experience and training you need to progress your career with us.

As a Team Leader, you will join The Mill supported living service that supports 12  young people (aged 16- 21) who are threatened with homelessness/ leaving care/ looked after children or young people at risk.

Role Responsibility

As a Team Leader you will have knowledge and experience of working with young people with complex needs, homelessness, children who are looked after and in transition to leaving care or care leavers who struggle to maintain a tenancy as a result of complex and unmet needs. You will be able to support young people and to maximise their benefits,  gain independent living skills, promote independence,  health wellbeing and healthy lifestyle choices as well as supporting them to maximise their involvement in local training, education, and employment opportunities.  

The Ideal Candidate

We’re ideally looking for a Team Leader with an NVQ/experience in Youth work, as well as solid understanding of homelessness and the impact this has on the wellbeing of young people. You will a have experience in support planning,  re-engaging and motivating young people to participate in employment and work programmes, education, training, volunteering and skill building opportunities. As a Team Leader the hours of work are flexible to the service need, so may include some evening and weekend working, and the role also involves covering local manager on-call Rota. You will have leadership experience and be capable of managing the day to day running of the Project team.  You must be capable of prioritizing your own case load and using you initiative to plan and implement agreed action to meet set deadlines.

As a great team Leader with lots of energy, you’ll need strong communication skills, a flexible approach and positive attitude to achieve targets in a challenging environment which requires empathy, understanding and patience.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.

What benefits will I receive?

Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:

Comprehensive Learning and Development opportunities - we are Investors in People Silver accredited

28 days holiday, increasing with each year of service until 30 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays

Flexible benefit options including, bike to work schemes and season ticket loans

Competitive Pension and Life Assurance scheme

Employee Assistance Programme and access to online Health and Wellbeing support

Flexible working patterns to support work/life balance

Access to a wide range of discounts including Cinema, Groceries and Gym.

As part of the fight against COVID-19 here are some of the measures we have in place to keep our team members and the people we support safe:

Enhanced Infection/Prevention Control Measures, including the use of PPE, social distancing and regular testing

Following all government guidance applicable to our services as a minimum and ensuring our teams are trained effectively

Strongly encouraging colleagues to receive a vaccination to keep themselves and those around them safe, enabling access through time off & covering transport costs

Regular updates, FAQs, myth busting from Turning Point’s clinical team as well as wellbeing seminars which provide support on a variety of topics

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

Turning Point

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