Team Leader

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 focused 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 team at Reset Tower Hamlets. 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.,

• 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.
• Lead on GP Shared Care/ Partnership Working
• 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.
  
  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.
• 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 or the proven ability to manage and supervise peer mentors/volunteers.
• Evidence of a commitment to service user involvement and development.
• Experience of developing and delivering training packages or group work programmes.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Experience of contributing to project development.
• Experience of auditing to inform evaluation and service development.
• Experience of working within substance misuse or criminal justice services.
• Understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
• Experience of risk assessment and risk management procedures.
• Experience of working effectively with external agencies.
• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and offenders, their families, and carers.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Equal Opportunities and Diversity.
• Demonstrable administrative and IT skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries.
• Train peer mentors to support offenders in the community.
• Ability to recruit, train and induct peer mentors and volunteers
• Knowledge of local services and geography.
• Experience of recruitment processes and procedures.
• Experience of delivering Supervisions and 1-2-1s
  
  Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, 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 core values are 'Be open, be compassionate and be bold' and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.


• 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