Vacancy Detail
Senior Team Leader – Domestic Abuse Support Team
Role: Senior Team Leader – Domestic Abuse Support Team
Based: Salford
Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 per annum
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: FTC until March 2025 in the first instance with anticipated extended funding
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) OR a 4 day week possible if preferred
Our client is looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated Senior Team Leader to manage and support their Domestic Abuse teams who deliver Safe in Salford Domestic Abuse Community and Step-Down Services. These services provide information, education, awareness, and support as part of early help and prevention for victims/survivors to reduce service demand and provide step-down from IDVA services.
Synopsis of duties:
- To oversee the induction, management, supervision, and development of the standard/medium risk provision including group programmes, 1:1 intervention, DA surgeries and the training of staff and professionals.
- To line manage the Indigo Service and enable the development of the Indigo Programme.
- Monitor and support the use of digital case management systems including completion of casefile audits and ensuring key performance indicators are met for each contract.
- To ensure that all policies and procedures are implemented and followed by staff.
- To actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation and challenge discrimination.
- To be responsible for and ensure that all health and safety checks/regulations are complied with in all services. To attend and lead staff meetings ensuring accurate minutes are recorded and distributed.
- To create a supportive and empowering environment for all workers, volunteers, and service users with continuous improvement at the heart of our work.
- To always embody core values and act as a role model always adhering to Code of Conduct.
- Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Employees must always have regards for the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults at risk in line with legislation. Employees must follow safeguarding policies and procedures and reporting mechanisms to raise safeguarding concerns and keep up to date with safeguarding training as required.
- To undertake any other duties as may be deemed consistent with the requirements of the post.
- To lead on service delivery
- Provide support to the team through reflective practice sessions, supervision of staff and hold a small case load.
- Deal with day-to-day issues within the women’s centre reporting these to senior management where/when necessary.
- Leading on the delivery of group work within the Indigo project.
Essential Requirements:
- Must have a high level of VAWG knowledge and experience of working within VAWG services at a managerial level
- Must have experience implementing new services and implementing improvements to existing services
- Must have experience representing an organisation as a senior representative
- An enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months/on the update service
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.
Location: Manchester | Salary: 27000 - 32000 per year | Job type: Contract | Posted: 14/03/2024