An exciting opportunity has arisen in South Lanarkshire Justice Social Work Services for a Team Leader in a new Justice MAPPA Team. This is a rare opportunity to be involved in the development of a new, specialist team focusing on assessment and case management of MAPPA cases as well as delivery of the new MF2C Programme across South Lanarkshire.
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Team Leader with recent experience of Justice Social Work including MAPPA knowledge and experience and a wider knowledge of issues around the strategic Justice Social Work environment.
The post holder will be expected to support the establishment of a new MAPPA focused team under the guidance of Senior Management before going on to manage the team once established. This will involve undertaking MAPPA specific duties such as completion of Environmental Risk Assessments (ERAs) and chairing MAPPA Level 1 meetings on a regular basis; supporting the transition from MFMC to MF2C and taking a lead in ensuring VISOR and MAPPS systems are used effectively to promote public protection.
Other duties will include managing qualified and para-professional social work staff; allocation and monitoring of work within teams; chairing reviews and planning meetings up to and including MAPPA 1 level; maintaining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); contributing to Quality Assurance activity; liaising with the wider service and partner agencies, particularly MAPPA partners, and promoting good practice within the team and wider service.
Until the team is fully established, the successful candidate will also provide Team Leader support to other parts of the service, including Justice Throughcare, as required to meet wider service needs.
The successful candidate must hold a degree level qualification in Social Work or equivalent. The post requires the successful candidate to be SSSC registered. The successful applicant would be required to undertaken Non-Personal Police Vetting level 2 as part of a requirement to use ViSOR. Experience of MAPPA is essential and experience and/or training in terms of delivering MF2C is desirable.
As part of you application, please answer the following questions directly:
1. Please study the job profile and detail your skills, knowledge and experience that would be relevant to the role of Team Leader within Justice Social Work
What in your view is the main challenge in relation to MAPPA and how do you think Justice Social Work should adapt to respond to this challenge?
The Team Leader role involves supporting the professional development of staff. Can you explain how you would approach supporting and developing staff in your team and any examples of doing so in current or previous roles?
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad., Disability Confident
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