Job Description
CF Children, Education and Justice Services
Team Leader - Allison House & Throughcare and Aftercare Service
St Stephen's Court
Salary: £52,373 - £62,685
Hours: 36 per week
We believe that every child and young person deserves the best possible start in life. Our aim is for Edinburgh's children to be safe, healthy, nurtured, educated, active and respected.
The role of Allison House, Team Leader will involve providing leadership, professional support, and supervision to the workers, including Assistant Team Leaders and residential childcare officers who provide care and throughcare and aftercare within a 9-bedded semi-independent living model for young people aged 16 years and above. Therefore, the service sits between residential childcare and a community-based/case management provision.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a leadership team committed to supporting young people as they move towards independence, focusing on working together to improve outcomes. There will be a requirement for operational oversight and development, and contribution to strategic plans to support improvement.
We are committed to the Promise, and Edinburgh's Promise is supported by a plan 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.
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 outside 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. We recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
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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