Team Leader
Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Turning Point Leicestershire and Rutland Substance Use Service as Loughborough Team Leader. You will lead and support a team of Recovery Workers and Advanced Recovery Practitioners and will be responsible for the performance and development of your team.
You will support the service in maintaining excellent standards of treatment and care for our service users and will oversee the implementation of treatment pathways for people affected by their use of substances. You will work with a range of partner agencies and represent the service in a variety of settings, promoting the service and encouraging referrals.
Role Responsibility
You will support the service in maintaining excellent standards of treatment and care for our service users and will oversee the implementation of treatment pathways for people affected by their use of substances. You will work with a range of partner agencies and represent the service in a variety of settings, promoting the service and encouraging referrals.
As part of your role you will also provide oversight to the residential rehabilitation and inpatient detoxification pathways; establishing clear processes and communication routes between ourselves and service providers.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will be highly motivated and engaging and have a real passion for supporting people. You must have experience of line management/supervision/coaching and a strong understanding of treatment services and service user engagement is required.
It is a busy role so excellent time management skills and experience in report writing and analysing data and records will be important.
This post is based in our Loughborough Hub however you will be required to travel to community sites so access to a car and a driving licence would be beneficial.
Essential Requirements
- Experience of supervising staff and managing individual and team performance.
- Knowledge, skills and experience of working with people who have experienced difficulties related to their substance use and delivering recognised psychosocial interventions/approaches.
- Excellent facilitation skills including the ability to lead a discussion to constructive conclusions and the ability to feedback
- Experience of successfully managing a wide range of stakeholder relationships
- Time management skills – working under very tight deadlines with changing priorities
- Experience in evaluation techniques and the ability to adapt practice to get results
About us
What Benefits Will I Receive?
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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