Paragon Team Leader
Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
Salary: £37,503 per year
Permanent, Full Time
The first suitable applicant will be appointed.
PARAGON are a specialist team within The YOU Trust and our mission is ‘together empowering change’ for individuals, families, and our communities. We are committed to ending violence against adults and children, and do this through empowering individual and communities to change.
Essential Requirements
- Management or Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent to Diploma/ Degree/NVQ 5 or equivalent work level experience.
- Experience of supporting women, men and children who have been subject to domestic violence and abuse and/or sexual violence and abuse/stalking.
- Experience of undertaking strengths, needs & risk assessments including DASH RIC.
- Experience of effective multi-agency and partnership working (eg MARAC) and managing complex and demanding service functions.
- Experience of managing, supporting, supervising, motivating and developing teams and individuals.
- Skilled at IT including office packages such as excel, power point and word and have the ability to produce reports and maintain administration systems.
The Role
The Paragon Team Leader will work with the Paragon Manager to support the delivery of all operational aspects of Paragon, focusing on supporting the team and day to day delivery of commissioned and grant funded work. You will ensure that all work is carried out within contractual requirements and this involves multi-agency working, engaging with local partners and supporting the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) as the front door of Paragon. You will work effectively with the Paragon Manager to lead on allocated working priorities which may include accommodation and community-based teams, both grant funded and contracted. This will include, for example, 24/7 access to support, the intake of countywide enquires and allocation of referrals, outreach and accommodation support, working with individuals and children. You will provide supervision, case management, case audits and data base oversight and will deputise for the Manager in their absence.
About You
- Skilled at effective crisis resolution.
- Skilled at IT including office packages such as excel, power point and word and have the ability to produce reports and maintain administration systems.
- Ability to self-reflect and develop and improve practice through training and review.
- Ability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends when required and be part of a 24/7 on-call service.
- Ability to work across identified contract area and travel for training and meeting purposes.
Our Benefits
If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.
The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.
Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role
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