Team Leader

Don't miss an exciting opportunity to gain an insight of what it is like to work in our Children and Young People's Services whilst developing your leadership skills.

At Change Grow Live, above all else, we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our Children and Young People's Services apply these daily, treating young people as individuals and working with them to find the right support.   

Our Team Leaders play an integral role in ensuring effective service provision by creating a young person focused culture, engaging staff to provide an innovative and continually improving service.  They provide leadership, support, and development to a wide range of staff.   

We have a secondment opportunity for a Team Leader to join our Bromley Changes Young People's Service. As a leader for the team you will work flexibly and creatively to establish what is needed to have the most positive impact for all who are referred to the service.

Location: Bromley

Hours Full Time: 37.5 hours per week.

Full Time Salary Range: £35,220.59 - £37,184.91 , Dependent on experience, paid Pro Rata for part time hours

Contract Type: 6 month Internal Secondment 

*Please note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

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.
• Empowering staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, control, and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
• 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.
• Lead on the recruitment, selection and induction of staff.   

About you: 

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience. 
• Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards. 
• Alcohol misuse employment with experience of working with people with complex physical, mental health and safe guarding needs.
• Significant experience of leading teams who work with families where children are subject to social care intervention. 
• 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)
• Experience of supervising others

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

Interview date to be confirmed.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

If this opportunity aligns with your values and aspirations, and you're eager to embark on a transformative journey with Change Grow Live, we invite you to connect with us.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.