What will the role look like?
As the Lead Practitioner you will be working with the Forward Leeds YP Service Manager and the YP Team to deliver a Children & Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery service, which is person centred and trauma informed.
You will provide effective line management to staff including regular supervision, support, and annual appraisals. Manage the allocation and delivery of case work to the team ensuring it meets required quality and safeguarding standards. You will also carry a small caseload of your own.
You will play an active role in ensuring that the voices of young people and their families inform the development and delivery of the service. Working in partnership with services internally and across Leeds you will support the team through effective performance management to achieve set targets and outstanding outcomes.
What we are looking for?
We are looking for someone who understands the impact of drugs and alcohol on young people and has experience of working in drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services.
We welcome applications from people with experience of support, interventions and safeguarding, specifically in relation to drugs and alcohol, to manage the Barca Young People’s team at Forward Leeds.
They will have good interpersonal skills working closely with their team, partner agencies within Forward Leeds and YP services across the city.
If you are a manager who understands the inter-related issues of substance use and the impact on children and young people, with the skill, knowledge and passion to lead this team, we would love to hear from you.
To download a full job description/person specification, clickhere .If you require this document in an alternative format, please emailrecruitment@barca-leeds.org
A copy of our competency framework can be foundhere .
If you find you have any problems with our application process or you think we’re not meeting your accessibility requirements, please emailrecruitment@barca-leeds.org
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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