Programme Lead

Action for Children; Stornoway; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 29 days + bank holidays

Training and development

Flexible maternity/paternity packages

Pension with life assurance

Staff discounts (Blue Light Card)

Job summary

Action for Children in Stornoway invites applications for a Programme Lead to shape and deliver services for vulnerable youth. You’ll provide direct line management to Practitioners (up to 7) and build strong relationships with colleagues, partner agencies, employers, and external stakeholders.

You will lead the Assessment and Therapy Team and the Outreach service, coordinating therapists, home/school settings, and community delivery to meet targets and improve care standards.

Qualifications

• A management qualification or experience of line managing staff and/or a specific project/programme.
• Knowledge on designing creative programmes that engage disadvantaged children and young people.
• Working in a project management approach – planning and monitoring work programme in line with key milestones and targets and KPI’s.
• An understanding of supporting children and young people who have additional support needs to ensure they are included, have a voice and have experiences of their choice.
• Able to be flexible to suit the needs of the service working some Saturdays to see staff and the young people we support.
• Driver’s licence and vehicle essential to be able to for fill the role.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of high-quality service, based on the agreed model, and required outcomes.
• Providing direct line management of staff, applying appropriate policies and procedures, also sharing knowledge and experience through coaching and mentoring techniques.
• Taking the lead on the promotion and marketing of services to achieve set targets and maximise engagement/attainment of service users.Be inspection ready.
• Assist the Children’s services Manager and represent the service at commissioner and stakeholder meetings, to ensure the needs of the programme and professional standing of Action for Children is maintained.

Skills

Management experience

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Driver's license

Education

Management qualification

Job description

Salary: £31,600 per annum, plus Island allowance £1780

Location: Stornoway,

Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time – 37 hours per week

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers' discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you’ll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It’s the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children’s lives.

A bit about the role

As a Programme Lead, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of vulnerable youth and lead the delivery of services. You’ll provide direct line management to our Practitioners (maximum 7) and nurture and develop effective relationships with colleagues, partner agencies, employers, and external stakeholders.

You will be leading the well-established Assessment and Therapy Team and our Outreach service. The Assessment and Therapy team has 2 workers who deliver packages of support to children and young people who have additional needs. The support is set up by the therapists such as speech and language, physio, OT. This is reviewed every few months by the therapists and the work takes place either in our Bayhead building, the family home or nursery and school.

Our Outreach service has around 5 staff who work with Children and young people who have additional needs offering activities, opportunities and help build relationships. This is a registered service which is assessed by the Care Inspection. Our recent inspection gave us 5’s for both areas inspected which is very good. This post will ensure the services run well, meet targets and grow. The Programme Lead will help develop the services further and work towards meeting the care standards. There will be support from the Children’s Services Manager.

How you’ll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities for the Programme Lead role are;

• Leading the delivery of high-quality service, based on the agreed model, and required outcomes.
• Providing direct line management of staff, applying appropriate policies and procedures, also sharing knowledge and experience through coaching and mentoring techniques.
• Taking the lead on the promotion and marketing of services to achieve set targets and maximise engagement/attainment of service users.Be inspection ready.
• Assist the Children’s services Manager and represent the service at commissioner and stakeholder meetings, to ensure the needs of the programme and professional standing of Action for Children is maintained.
  

Let’s talk about you

• A management qualification or experience of line managing staff and/or a specific project/programme.
• Knowledge on designing creative programmes that engage disadvantaged children and young people
• Working in a project management approach – planning and monitoring work programme in line with key milestones and targets and KPI’s.
• An understanding of supporting children and young people who have additional support needs to ensure they are included, have a voice and have experiences of their choice.
• Able to be flexible to suit the needs of the service working some Saturdays to see staff and the young people we support.
• Driver’s licence and vehicle essential to be able to for fill the role,

Good to know

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

Weactivelyencourageapplications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

[For Children Service roles only:Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.]

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.