Alcohol Team Leader

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 Alcohol Team Leader to join our Coventry 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: Coventry

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

*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 a team of staff, including supervision (with reflective practice), appraisals, performance and ensure CGL and external policies are implemented.
• Ensure quality of service delivery through data analyse and engage staff in service delivery.
• Attend internal and external meetings, with a range of different stakeholders on behalf of the management team.
• To support staff to increase the number of people accessing treatment and successful completion.
• 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: 

• Have a strong understanding of Alcohol use, the issues surrounding it and Alcohol Detox.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills. 
• The ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills. 
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards. 
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others. 
• 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.
• Knowledge of current legislation surrounding 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 (pro rata for PT) “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 generous in vouchers if candidate is successful.

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and personal requirements

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.

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.