Team Leader Intensive Support to Young People - (Perm / Full Time) - REF:HSCP / 83335 - INV06821

Job Description

Join a service that is transforming how we support young people as they move towards adulthood and independence.

This is an exciting time to join our Intensive Support for Young People Service, as we enter a period of redesign and development. The service brings together provision traditionally recognised as Throughcare and Aftercare alongside intensive support for young people in conflict with the law, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC), and other young people aged 12–26 with complex needs who require coordinated, multi-agency support.

As Team Leader, you will have an important opportunity to help shape the development of the service, providing strong operational leadership while supporting a skilled and committed workforce to deliver high-quality, relational and trauma-informed practice.

At the heart of our approach is The Promise and our ambition that young people experience consistent, trusting relationships and receive the right support, at the right time, for as long as they need it. We have introduced Signs of Safety and Healing as our practice framework, supporting strengths-based, and collaborative  work with young people, families and partner agencies.

As Team Leader, you will:

• Provide operational leadership, professional guidance and high-quality supervision to staff working with young people and young adults.
• Lead and support the continued development and redesign of the Intensive Support for Young People Service.
• Promote relationship-based, trauma-informed and rights-based practice, embedding The Promise and Signs of Safety and Healing across the service.
• Support high-quality assessment, planning and intervention for care experienced young people and those with complex needs, including consideration of contextual safeguarding and the risks young people may experience within their communities and wider networks.
• Provide leadership in our work with young people in conflict with the law, promoting an approach which recognises the impact of trauma, adversity, exploitation and unmet need.
• Promote partnership working across Children’s Services, Housing, Health, Education and the third sector to ensure young people experience coordinated and effective support.
• Promote a positive learning culture where staff are supported to develop, reflect on practice and deliver the best possible outcomes for young people.

We are looking for an experienced and confident practitioner and leader who shares our ambition for young people and understands the importance of relationships, continuity and compassionate support. You will bring strong professional judgement, an ability to support and develop others, and the confidence to contribute to service development during a period of positive change.

You will find that Inverclyde is a great place to work. We are small enough to be agile and responsive, with a visible and engaged senior management team, allowing you to make a real difference, while offering strong professional support, development opportunities and contributing to a positive team culture. 

If this sounds like where you’re meant to be, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity and to learn more about our ambition for the future, contact Emma Bilsland, Service Manager on / View email address on s1jobs.com.

The attached job description and person specification includes further information in relation to the qualifications, skills, knowledge and competencies that are required for this post.

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

Important Applicant Information:

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• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required. Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.

• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

Regulatory Bodies

If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.

Further Assistance

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Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.