Team Leader

2 days ago


Hounslow, United Kingdom Look Ahead Care Support and Housing Full time

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Team Leader to join our Young People service in Hounslow.

£32,922.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
A Team Leader will be fully involved in all aspects of the day to day management of the service, including line managing the relevant front line staff. You will lead and develop the skills of the team and will work closely with the contract manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets.
Hounslow is an innovative young person's service. The service is spread over 6 sites in Hounslow and supports a broad range of service users including Looked After Children, Care Leavers, Teenage Parents as well as other young people being referred in for multiple support needs.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:
* Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
* Deliver effective supervision and team meetings with staff
* Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisations succession plans
* Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
* Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch

The Successful Candidate will;

Abilities and Skills
* The ability to inspire team work and a collaborative culture;
* The ability to motivate staff and Service Users to meet agreed goals;
* The ability to develop staff using a variety of methods including but not limited to mentoring, coaching, and training;
* The ability to provide high quality feedback and challenge to facilitate reflective practice and continuous service improvement;

Knowledge and Understanding
* Knowledge of innovative best and emerging practice in supported accommodation provision;
* Understanding of the challenges faced by frontline support workers and ability to offer staff welfare support;
* Understanding of and commitment to achieving best value;

About you:
* A belief in young people, their potential to grow, succeed and thrive independently given the right support;
* A passion for supporting young people to reach their potential, a 'can do' attitude, and a willingness to get stuck in;
* A strong Customer focus and commitment to putting Customers' interests and voices at the heart of all aspects of provision;
* A commitment to asset based approaches - considering what matters to individuals, not just what is the matter with Customers;
* An outcomes focus and approach to working;
* Strong self-awareness and commitment to acting as a positive role model;
* A commitment to non-discriminatory practice and to promoting equality and diversity;
* A commitment to acting as a corporate parent in all aspects of practice where applicable;
* A commitment to effective joint working with partners to meet Customers needs;
* A strong sense of personal accountability.


What you'll bring:

Essential:
* Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable:
* Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable


About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

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

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Please see our website for the full Job Description


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