Job summary
Are you committed to making a positive change and leading a service that empowers service users to achieve a better quality of life?
We have an exciting opportunity for passionate, enthusiastic and compassionate leader to manage our teams within Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service for individuals impacted by their own or someone else's use of alcohol or drugs.
Working as part of our leadership team, you will oversee a team of staff managing their own caseloads of clients, offering health support via testing clinics for blood borne viruses (BBVs), embracing the concept of recovery and providing evidence based psychosocial interventions to service users. You will have responsibility for the day to day running of the hub you manage, ensuring that quality and effective treatment is provided to those accessing the service, and supporting and mentoring the team of recovery workers, engagement workers, administrators and trainees within that hub.
In return for your skills and services, we will support you in maintaining a work-life balance with flexible working options, generous annual leave, and the opportunity to work as part of our dedicated and multi-disciplinary team to grow and develop your talents.
The vacancy is open to qualified professionals, experienced managers or individuals with leaderships skills and an understanding of drug and alcohol treatment services and is based in the Andover hub for Inclusion Recovery Hampshire
Main duties of the job
Full-time Team Leader (working 37.5 hours per week) at Inclusion Recovery Hampshire's Andover Hub.
This job requires you to:
- Work alongside the Inclusion Management team in ensuring service targets are met by mentoring and supervising staff. To take a lead role in service promotion and encouraging new Service User's into treatment.
- Support staff in providing person centred treatment to their caseload of Service Users.
- Work collaboratively with the Service Manager, Service Leads and other Team Leaders on a day to day basis to ensure effective service delivery and staff support.
- Guide and support your team of staff in providing high quality, inclusive and non-judgemental treatment to those in need
About us
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.
We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.
Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for further details, a summary is below:
- Be responsible for the day to day running the hub, including establishing a timetable of activities for service users and rotas for staff
- Responsibility for the supervision, management and development of your staff team
- Responsibility for ensuring the hub you lead provides high quality, effective and person centred treatment to those accessing the service
- Undertaking HR processes such as managing attendance, performance improvement planning and appraisals with staff
- Recruitment and induction of new staff
- Taking action to support your staff team in working towards and achieving targets as set by commissioners
- Understanding data from the work undertaken in order to support your team in their day to day work within the hub
- Promotion of Service User Involvement
- Developing and maintaining working relationships with stakeholders, partnership agencies and other organisations
- Contributing to county-wide management and governance meetings
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for further details, a summary is below:
- Be responsible for the day to day running the hub, including establishing a timetable of activities for service users and rotas for staff
- Responsibility for the supervision, management and development of your staff team
- Responsibility for ensuring the hub you lead provides high quality, effective and person centred treatment to those accessing the service
- Undertaking HR processes such as managing attendance, performance improvement planning and appraisals with staff
- Recruitment and induction of new staff
- Taking action to support your staff team in working towards and achieving targets as set by commissioners
- Understanding data from the work undertaken in order to support your team in their day to day work within the hub
- Promotion of Service User Involvement
- Developing and maintaining working relationships with stakeholders, partnership agencies and other organisations
- Contributing to county-wide management and governance meetings
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field
- Line management/leadership experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
Qualifications
Desirable
- Foundation Degree/HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies, leadership and management
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field
- Line management/leadership experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
Qualifications
Desirable
- Foundation Degree/HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies, leadership and management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
