Job responsibilities
Job Title: Team Leader
Location: Coventry, Intensive Recovery Support Service
Salary:£25,000 per annum
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week may include occasional weekends/bank holidays if needed)
About The Role:
We are currently looking for a Team Leader to support the manager in leading a team of recovery support workers that provide practical and emotional person-centered support to service users based in the community and at our accommodation unit in Hillfields. The support offered by the service is aimed at empowerment and recovery, values equality and diversity and is proactively targeted to achieve levels of independence appropriate for each Service User.
To lead and delegate workloads to support staff and liaise with multi agencies for the welfare of all service users.
Key Responsibilities include:
- To deputise in the absence of the Deputy Manager/Manager.
- To lead and contribute towards the development of the Intensive recovery support service provision.
- To be responsible for the fair distribution and management of individual workers workloads inhouse and on the outreach.
- To assist in the induction, training, support and supervision of staff.
- To be responsible for the line management of designated staff, providing regular recorded supervision and annual appraisals.
- To ensure that services comply with relevant legislation and funding stream requirements e.g. Health & Safety, Risk Assessments, Lone Working and to assist the manager in ensuring that targets to meet requirements are set and achieved within services.
- To manage safeguarding and crisis situations in consultation with the staff team, in line with the procedures of Coventry and Warwickshire Mind.
- To enable residents to express their preferences and choices and to encourage independence and recovery wherever possible.
- Ensure active recording of client contacts on the organisations database and participate in ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the
- Ensure the active involvement of service user through all aspects of the work.
Essential criteria includes:
- Experience of supporting in the delivery of mental health support services, including crisis intervention.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation.
- Experience of working with volunteers.
- Experience of working with a wide range of agencies.
- Skilled in developing and delivering a person-centred approach to assess, plan and review an individuals needs.
- Good IT skills.
- Up to date knowledge of mental health and key issues linked to wellbeing.
- Commitment to service user involvement.
- Min NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
- Flexible approach to working evenings and weekends.
Mandatory Questions:
If you are submitting a CV, you MUST include answers to the following questions, these can also be found on our application form:
- Do you have any unspent convictions or conditional cautions? If yes please give details of date(s) of offence(s), nature of offence(s) and sentence(s) passed.
- Are there any restrictions regarding your employment in the UK? E.g. do you require a work permit? If yes please provide details.
- Are you the partner or relative of anyone currently connected with Coventry and Warwickshire Mind? (either as a volunteer, service user or employee If yes please confirm their name and which project they are connected with if known.
- Do you hold a UK driving license?
What We Can Offer You:
The following are just some of the benefits that Coventry and Warwickshire Mind offer its employees:
- Working Culture - based on core values of trust, honesty, inclusivity, enabling, effective and an unapologetic drive for excellence for children and young people.
- Annual Leave - 25 days plus bank holidays plus an extra day for every two completed holiday years.
- Wellbeing Day - 1 day, per holiday year, to be used to take care of your own mental health and wellbeing.
- Life Insurance Policy - Coventry and Warwickshire Mind are covered by a Life Insurance policy. The death in service payment is 2 x gross salary (tax free).
- Employee Development - Active encouragement not only to assist performance in the current role but also for the benefit of personal development via various means. Access to CW Mind CPD training and opportunities to access external CPD training.
- Pension - Minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution, with an ethical investment policy option.
- Sick Pay - On completion of a 6-month probationary period, Coventry and Warwickshire Mind employees will be eligible to a period of paid sick leave.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Closing Date: Friday 11th August 2023
Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 21st August 2023
Please note: Only successful applicants will be notified.
We reserve the right to close the application window early and without notice should a suitable number of applications be received.
Coventry and Warwickshire Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups and people with lived experience of mental health issues.
Coventry and Warwickshire Mind is a leading mental health service provider and an equal opportunities employer.
