- Salary
- £36k – £38k
- Location
- , UNAVAILABLE
- Type
- Temporary
- Department
- Healthcare
- Seniority
- Lead
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Make a Difference Every Day
Are you a passionate and inspiring leader who wants to help people make positive changes in their lives?
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 focussed culture, engaging staff to provide an innovative and continually improving service and provide leadership, support, and development to a wide range of staff.
We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our Wellingborough Hub and help shape a positive, collaborative and high-quality service.
In this rewarding role, you will empower and support staff to deliver excellent outcomes, providing leadership, direction and development while fostering a culture of accountability, wellbeing and continuous improvement. You will play an integral part in ensuring the service runs smoothly, maintaining high professional standards and contributing to the achievement of organisational goals.
We are committed to supporting your growth as a leader, with regular supervision, appraisal and opportunities for ongoing professional development.
Where: Wellingborough
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term Contract until March 31st, 2027
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
About the role:
- 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.
- 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.
About you:
- 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)
What We Offer
- Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
- We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
- Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
- Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays(pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
- Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
- Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work–life balance.
- Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.
A note about using AI in your application
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.