Team Leader

Change Grow Live; Rochester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Wellness hour

Pension

Discounts

Training & progression

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Kent recruits a Team Leader for HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill. The role is prison-based with 37.5 hours per week and permanent contract. You will manage a team, ensure safeguarding, support service users, and drive high standards of care within the prison setting.

Applicants should have a degree or equivalent experience and prior CJ sector experience. The post requires full prison vetting; visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to lead, inspire and develop a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational line management of a team with supervision, appraisal and performance management.
• Empower staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, control and opportunities for service users.
• Ensure safeguarding and risk identification with staff competency in delivering interventions.
• Support staff to improve outcomes through observed practice and timely feedback.

Skills

Team leadership

Criminal justice experience

Communication

MS Office

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

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 1st 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 Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill.

HMP Swaleside is a Long Term High Security Category B men's prison, located on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

HMP Standford Hill is a D Category mens prison, located on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

This role is prison based and will require full prison vetting as part of the recruitment process

Responsibilities

About the role:

• 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 (if not your role) to ensure that the practices within the team/service enable identification of service users, children and families who are at risk. 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.

About you:

• 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)

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.

• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme

• Contributory pension scheme

• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.

• A friendly and supportive team

• Training, career development & progression opportunities

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Emma Crowe | [e-mail] | 01795804567

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 31 to 33 (£36,101.10 - £38,114.53)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

5/11/2026