Team Manager/Leader – Brighton Accommodation Service

Job Description:

Car owner/driver preferred

A car is desirable for this role – travel expenses paid outside of commute

We do not offer sponsorship with this role

Our Team Leaders are the first point of contact for the people we support and their team. This is an exciting role with opportunities to develop your people and operational management skills. You will be providing leadership and support to your team as well as signposting and managing incident responses.

Venture-People strive to promote recovery, autonomy and independence for individuals who require high levels of support in relation to their mental health. You will be working with a range of individuals with complex mental health needs ensuring the service is operating both safely and consistently in order to meet the needs of the service users.

Working with an experienced Service Manager, you will be responsible for leading the team of highly skilled reablement and recovery workers in our Brighton Accommodation

The role will include a mixture of administration work and delivering of support to the service users, you will be able to work closely with your service manager to ensure the safe and effective delivery of service; Following a person-centered ethos of support which builds individual’s confidence and promotes independence, whilst facilitating growth and quality assurance within the team.

Key duties of the Team Manager

• To facilitate the delivery of a service which follows a person-centred ethos and utilises the values of recovery to deliver support which builds an individual’s confidence and promotes independence.
• To complete dynamic risk assessments and provide support to individuals, including through utilisation of the Responsive Services to maximise wellbeing and appropriately manage risk.
• Working with your service manager and referring agents to complete thorough assessments of the need and development of the service offer.
• To follow policies and procedures within the workplace to protect our team and the people we support, including safeguarding, investigations and health and safety.
• Facilitate and manage a staff roster; providing responsive and emergency support when required. This will include participation within the Duty Management Roster
• To follow national guidelines in all aspects of operation, including adherence to policies and procedures, code of conduct and the facilitation of inspection and improvement
• To work flexibly as required by the service; this may require some working outside of your normal hours to provide consistent support in the event of staff sickness or to facilitate staff training/supervision.

Essential Skills:

• To demonstrate person-centred thinking and work within its parameters.
• To demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and respond to changes in an individual’s needs.
• To show leadership within a team structure and maintain a positive culture of enablement.
• To create, manage and sustain participation and involvement from the people we support.
• Computer literate, with confidence in using all Microsoft Office programmes.
• Ability to positively address and challenge inappropriate or negative behaviours and attitudes.
• Experience in using therapeutic de-escalation and/or crisis intervention techniques.

Expected hours: 40 per week