Team Leader - Young People & Young Parents Services

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Job description

Job details
Posting date: 15 November 2021
Salary: £30,975 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 December 2021
Location: Staines Upon Thames
Company: A2Dominion
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: req1940

Summary
A2Dominion is a housing provider with a social purpose to improve people's lives. We're one of the UK's leading care and support providers.

Join our team to help people live safe, happy, and independent lives. We'll provide you with a competitive package for our sector, and whether this is your first job in care, or you have experience, we would like to hear from you. In return for your skills, experience, and motivation to help others you will receive a competitive benefits package - for further details on what this could mean for you, scroll to the bottom of this advert to learn more.

This is an opportunity to make a difference to be part of something special

This is great opportunity for you to join our Care and Support department to ensure the delivery, management, and development of high-quality person-centred support to customers and facilities management pertaining to the building in accordance with contract specifications, relevant procedures and statutory obligations, enabling individuals to sustain tenancies by promoting independence, freedom and choice.

Day to day, you'll be leading a team of Scheme Management staff, Project Workers, Support Officers and Intensive Housing Management Officer's to manage the delivery of care, support and safeguarding to our customers in addition to ensuring the provision of a safe and secure environment that enables personal growth and change.

As part of the role, you will get be involved in some exiting projects to drive the team and organisation forward.

More about the role:

· Monitor and manage team caseloads, ensuring support is delivered against Independent Living plans, group work programmes and within Group Policies and Procedures.

· Monitor and report concerns regarding safeguarding issues or significant changes in the health and social circumstances of a customer in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.

· To line manage and support a team of employees, volunteers and student placements, specifically in the areas of
*Training and Development
*Performance Management

· Develop and maintain an understanding of the needs of customers and of the operating environment, keeping abreast of developments in legislation and best practice standards in order to contribute to the development of the Care & Support strategy. To assist in the review of policies and procedures accordingly.

More about you:

· Kind and compassionate personality

· Experience of working with vulnerable people, in particular Young People & Parents

· Excellent communication and management skills

· A good understanding of child protection

· Willingness to learn new skills and adjust accordingly

· A good understanding of English and Maths

· Hold a current full UK driving license and have access to own transport

Rewards & Benefits:

· Group Bonus - annual

· 25 days leave (Rising to 28 after 3 years' service)

· Flexible benefits - £300 allowance to spend on health and lifestyle

· Enhanced DBS and induction paid for

· £0.42p per mile used within work hours

· Uniform & PPE provided

· £500 Refer a friend bonus

· Pension scheme (with employer contributions of up to 8%.)

· Above & Beyond the Call of Duty Awards

· Bank holiday enhanced pay

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Eyes tests and Flu vouchers

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident
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