We are seeking a Team Leader on a 9 month fixed-term maternity cover basis who will be responsible for supporting the delivery of our HM Prisons contract at HMP Bure to ensure prisoners and their families have a valuable visiting experience, improving the quality of visits for children and families and helping to maintain family relationships. As a Team Leader you will supervise a small team of family support workers and volunteers working at HMP Wayland.
Ormiston Families is one of the leading charities working with children, young people, and families in the East of England. We take early and preventative action to support families to be safe, healthy, and resilient.
Responsibilities of a Team Leader:
- To plan, evaluate and lead in the delivery of all current and new activities within the HMP Contract with the support of the team at HMP Wayland.
- To be responsible for the management of professional practices of Family Support Workers, and Volunteers operating within your area.
- To undertake delivery of prisoner/family support interventions at HMP Wayland and to oversee the effective delivery of Family Support Workers.
- Collaborate with other Ormiston Families colleagues and other organisations to develop best practice within the Prisoner Family Services and standardising delivery.
- Scheduling rotas with the use of staff and or volunteers to ensure sufficient staff coverage to meet contract service delivery.
- Attend operational interface meetings and other relevant meetings on behalf of Ormiston Families and when required, attend contract meetings to support the Cluster Manager and/or Operations Manager.
Skills and experience of a Team Leader:
- A qualification, and/or experience in Prison, Criminal justice and/or work with children and families.
- Experience of providing professional practice supervision to staff and/or volunteers delivering front line services to people with complex needs.
- Hold a clean driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
- Ability to manage your own and other people's workload
- Experience in providing support to families in difficult situations.
- Good knowledge and direct experience of Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent policy and practice.
Benefits of a Team Leader:
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 27 days annual leave (Part-time employees receive a pro-rata allowance according to the number of hours they work per week.).
- Ability to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave.
- Group life assurance.
- Pension, up to 9% employer contribution when matched by employee.
- Sponsorship opportunities for employees who have completed their probationary period and been in post for at least 12 months to undertake nationally accredited or chartered certification awarded by professional associations.
We are an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.