Description
Assistant Team Leader
Northfield House
Salary: £39,129 - £46,023
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks - involves shift work and weekend working
You will work as part of the management team at Northfield House to ensure young people have the best support, care and guidance, linked to the aspirations contained within the Promise, to reach their full potential.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a leadership team committed to supporting young people. You will have a lead role in supporting and supervising Residential Care Officers as they work with the young people who call Northfield their home.
We are committed to the Promise and Edinburgh's Promise is supported by a plan which is underpinned by 5 fundamentals - what matters to children and families, listening, poverty, children's rights and language. Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility are the foundation for driving positive change in our workplace and support our way of working.
You will support the Team Leader to implement and lead departmental developments within Northfield. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service developments out with the house.
The Team Leader will provide you with ongoing support and supervision which focuses on practice and personal development goals
Experience required;
• Hold appropriate qualifications for "Residential Child Care Workers with Supervisory Responsibility" as laid down by the Scottish Social Services Council
• Appropriate registration for the position with the Scottish Social Services Council. (If Not currently held then this must be achieved within the timescales as laid out by the SSSC
• Direct experience of working with young people who are Looked After.
• Previous experience of working with young people in a residential setting.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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View Assistant Team Leader job description
Responsibilities
Qualifications, training & professional membership
• Hold appropriate qualification for "Residential Essential
Child Care Workers with Supervisory
Responsibilities" as laid down by the Scottish
Social Services Council.
• Appropriate registration for the position with the Essential
Scottish Social Services Council. [If not
currently held, then this must be achieved within
the timescales as laid out by the SSSC]
The successful candidate will demonstrate evidence of the following experience,
knowledge, skills and understanding. Evidence will be sought for selection purposes.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Direct experience of working with young people who are Care Experienced (Essential
• Previous experience of working with young people in a residential setting (Desirable)
• Prior experience in a managerial position within a social services setting (Desirable)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING
• An awareness of operational issues in residential care services for children and young people. (Essential)
• A knowledge of the legal/statutory framework for working with Children and families. (Essential)
• Knowledge of the key planning and processes for Care Experienced children and young people (Essential)
• Very well developed assessment and communication skills (written and verbal). (Essential)
• A knowledge of key theoretical frameworks and how they can be applied in working with children and families. (Essential)
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
• Ability to support the continued professional development of staff. (Essential)
• Ability to maintain high practice standards in a culture of responsiveness to changing needs of children and families. (Essential)
• The ability to support the Team Leader in ensuring budget responsibility and to use the appropriate council systems in relation to financial matters. (Essential)
• Previous experience of managing, supervising or mentoring residential staff. (Desirable
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
• Experience of taking part in change processes in an organisation Desirable)
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
• A strong commitment to inter-agency working and the ability to form and maintain strong and effective professional relationships that influence behaviour and outcomes. (Essential)
• Must be able to build and maintain effective relationships with partner agencies, especially with education and health services. (Essential)
ANALYSIS & PROBLEM SOLVING
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate resources. (Essential
• Ability to contribute to the monitoring and analysis of performance with a strong
commitment to performance improvement. (Essential)
• Ability to understand issues and problems, to analyse and assess complex situations, often within limited timescales (Essential)