Team Leader

Change Grow Live; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A charitable organization in the Borough of Swale is seeking a committed Team Leader for HMP Elmley. This role involves operational management of staff, empowering them to support service users' potential. Applicants should have experience in a prison setting, strong leadership skills, and effective communication abilities. The position offers a salary range of £35,220.59 - £37,184.90 per annum, with benefits like a contributory pension scheme and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Paid Wellness hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays

Supportive team environment

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working within a prison or criminal justice setting.
• Sensitivity in working with complex and diverse cultural issues.

Responsibilities

• Operational line management of a team including supervision and performance management.
• Empowering staff to promote hope and opportunities for service users.
• Collaborate with Designated Safeguarding Lead for risk identification.
• Support staff to improve service user outcomes through feedback.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Empathy

Cultural sensitivity

Knowledge of health and social care services

Education

Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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 to ensure that the practices within the team/service enable identification of service users, children and families who are at risk, and 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. Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of working within a prison/criminal justice setting.
• Sensitivity in working with complex and diverse cultural issues.
• Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards.
• 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).

Salary

• £32,109 per year - estimated.
• Full‑time hours: 37.5 per week.
• Salary range: £35,220.59 - £37,184.90 per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time).

Benefits

• Paid "Wellness" hour each week along with a "Wellness" hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A great selection of benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development & progression opportunities.

About the Company

• Permanent part‑time NEW Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users’ lives. Our core values are "Be open, be compassionate and be bold" and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. Change Grow Live is responsible for delivering the contract to provide psychosocial intervention and transitional services across prisons in Kent. This service began on 1 April 2022 and offers a range of initiatives to ensure the best possible outcomes for our service users.
• We are looking to recruit a passionate and committed individual to the role of Team Leader within HMP Elmley. HM Prison Elmley is a local Category B/C men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. The term "local" means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts.