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
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
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 employees.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
Turning Point
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£33416.00 - £33416.00 per year