Practice Team Leader

Salary: £35,000 per annum, pro rata

Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, however this will be a hybrid role including outreach work and working from home

Contract/Hours: The post is funded initially for 12 months, with a commitment to continued funding for Years 2 and 3 / Part Time – 14.8 hours per week with flexibility around work pattern

Closing date for applications is midnight of Sunday 2nd August and interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 6th and 7th August

Benefits:

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
• Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
• Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
• Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

A bit about the role: As a Practice Team Leader, you’ll play a central role in bringing this new area of work to life. Working alongside the Children’s Service Manager you’ll guide and support practitioners to deliver high‑quality, child‑centred practice, while building strong partnerships across local services to strengthen our collective response to exploitation. You’ll also contribute directly to work with young people and families when needed, lead on gathering evidence and insights, and help shape practice development and wider policy change. This is a role where your leadership, compassion, and commitment can make a lasting difference.

About the service: Action for Children’s Intensive Intervention Service is a voluntary, relationship‑based service supporting children and young people aged 11–18 who may be at risk of, or coerced into, serious offending or criminal exploitation. We work closely with each young person, offering intensive 1:1 support, group work, and meaningful diversionary activities that help them build confidence, develop practical skills, and make positive choices. Our focus is on helping them re‑engage with education, training, or employment—and on creating opportunities for them to feel safe, valued, and hopeful about their future.

What you do could make a difference. Some key responsibilities of the Practice Team Leader role are to:

• Coordinate and oversee day-to-day delivery of the CCE service to ensure high-quality support.
• Support practitioners to deliver workshops, one-to-one work, and engagement with young people and families.
• Provide direct support in complex or high-risk cases and promote young people’s voices.
• Monitor, record, and analyse data to meet reporting requirements and improve practice.
• Build strong partnerships and represent the service in multi-agency meetings, promoting safeguarding best practice.
• Manage records, scheduling, and communication to ensure smooth service operations.

Let's talk about you:

• Strong leadership, coordination, and organisational skills.
• Effective communication with young people, families, and professionals.
• Confident facilitating groups and supporting staff performance.
• Skilled in evidence gathering, reporting, and analysis.
• Knowledgeable in safeguarding, risk assessment, and professional boundaries.
• Flexible, reflective team player committed to young people’s wellbeing and continuous improvement.
• To hold or to be willing to work towards a qualification relevant to the work or experience and ongoing professional development.
• To participate in a flexible working rota to provide support for young people, some evening and weekend work will be required.
• Driving licence and access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel across a large rural catchment according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

Why Action for Children? Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you’ll help us change that where it really matters. We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot’s changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn’t. So as long as children need us, we’ll be here.

Will you join us?

Contact: Please submit an application form via our careers page and if you would like an informal discussion around the role, please contact Grahame Cooper on 07740455408.

Diversity, equality and inclusion: We work hard to create an inclusive environment. One where individuality is celebrated and where everyone feels valued and supported. Because when we come together, with skills like yours, we’re capable of amazing things. We actively encourage applications from people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with a disability, as these groups are under-represented within Action for Children.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.