Team Leader

Overview

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Turning Point, working in partnership with Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest and Antidote, provide the City and Hackney Recovery Service which works with local residents concerned about their drug and alcohol use. The service works across City and Hackney neighbourhoods to be accessible, local and inclusive. The fully integrated service contributes to recovery, social inclusion and improving the quality of life of all our service users in the City of London and Hackney borough. It aims to be shaped by the community needs and voices of service users, carers, families, communities, all staff and volunteers.

As a Team Leader you’ll have the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who are experiencing difficulties from drugs and alcohol use, leading a team to develop the personal, flexible and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around.

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways to help you reach your long-term goals.

Role Responsibilities

As the Assessment and Engagement Team Leader within the City and Hackney service you will be managing the front end of the substance use service, overseeing a busy team of recovery workers supporting individuals into treatment. You will provide line management to a number of staff and support them to deliver high quality psychosocial interventions leading to positive engagement for onward allocation to the various teams within the service.

You will have experience in working with substance users and understand meeting regulatory requirements within the service. You will work in partnership with local and national organisations to support the service, and collaborate with other managers and staff across the service. Exceptional organisational skills are essential for this pivotal role in a very busy service.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Requirements

• Proven track record in relevant area
• In depth knowledge of relevant theory and practice
• Experience of supervising a team
• Experience of working towards achieving individual and team objectives
• Numeracy, literacy and IT skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills, with ability to adapt communication to suit the audience (service users, commissioners or staff)
• Good time management and able to work to deadlines
• A participative leadership and management style in normal circumstances
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the complex and multiple needs faced by the service user group
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the Valuing People framework
• A demonstrable belief in a values-led approach to working with service users with a substance misuse issue
• Demonstrable track record that is DANOS compliant
• Knowledge and experience of developing, implementing and reviewing substance use-related interventions (e.g., group work programmes)
• A sound working knowledge of current legislation (e.g., Models of Care) and the ability to translate this into practice

About Us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take pride in the services we offer. We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; we reinvest every penny back into our services and people. We work to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person, so our Total Reward Package includes benefits that support you in different ways, from financial rewards to career development. Our current offerings include :

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

Attached documents : SM - Team Leader (2) (1) (4).pdf

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Additional

Location and dates : London, England, United Kingdom; various postings with recent activity

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