Team Leader

Job Introduction

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Rochdale and Oldham, doing a highly rewarding job. We are currently recruiting for a Team Leader/Group Leads. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Whether you are looking to progress into a leadership role or to be a specialist in your field, Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.

Role Responsibility

Supported by the Psychosocial Interventions Lead, you will be a key member of the leadership team within the service. The main responsibility of the role is to provide leadership and oversight of the service's group work programme, ensuring evidence-based psychosocial interventions are delivered to a high standard. You will support staff through training, planning, coordination and facilitation of group sessions and will directly facilitate groups where required, helping individuals achieve positive recovery outcomes through meaningful engagement and participation. There will also be an expectation to support the wider service as and when required, ie: staff supervision, reports, service audits. 

The role requires you to work over both our Rochdale and Oldham localities. You may also be required to work in the community and evenings (till 8pm) dependent on service need. 

You must be a dynamic and creative individual with a strong ability to form and maintain partnerships with key local organisations in the area, as well as your counterparts nationally in Turning Point.

With excellent attention to detail, you will ensure high quality performance of your team as well as supporting the wider staff team who deliver drug and alcohol treatment and interventions across the 2 localities. 

Your role in quality assurance will be key to supporting the service to maintain its CQC good/Outstanding rating.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Requirements:

• Demonstratable leadership skills and flexible and adaptable leadership style;
• In depth understanding and ability to operationally and performance manage the functions of a team
• Excellent communication skills (verbal/written). Ability to adapt to respond to staff, commissioners/partners and people we support;
• Strong organisational, time management and prioritisation skills;
• Ability to remain calm and resilient in high pressure environments;
• excellent communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with staff, partner agencies, commissioners and the people we support.

Desirable:

• Previous experience managing similar service/team
• Management qualification or equivalent

About us

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employee.

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

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