Team Leader (Justice) Grindlay Court Social Work Centre

Team Leader
Grindlay Court Social Work Centre

Salary: 54476 - 65184
Hours: 36 per week 52 weeks

Two permanent posts -

Team Leader Justice Practice Team
Team Leader CISSO Crane and SAVOLO

Edinburgh Justice Services are committed to providing high quality services while ensuring a compassionate approach to people accessing our services and supporting staff wellbeing. We offer a high level of training to support continuous professional development and to deliver a broad range of interventions including established accredited group work programmes. We are implementing Trauma Informed Care Safe & Together and Restorative Justice practice models and interventions across our services.

An exciting opportunity has arisen and we are looking to recruit two Team Leaders to join our Justice Practice Team and CISSO Crane and SAVOLO Team. You will be accountable to the Sector Manager for the management professional oversight and organisation of your team offering an integrated range of social work services in the justice system providing professional leadership support and direct supervision to your team. This includes working with a range of partners across all justice services.

Candidates should demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills an understanding of National Outcomes and Standards and public protection be willing to work in a dynamic environment and to contribute to an inclusive culture that values and respects diversity and lived experience.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about these posts and the services provided by the teams please email(Justice Practice Team) and (CISSO Crane and SAVOLO).

Candidates will have a Social Work qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and be registered or eligible to register with the SSSC.

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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 out with the UK in the last 5 years an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. Anunconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

Were committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values beliefs experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure that were bringing the best people into our roles not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this were 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 pageOur 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.

View Team Leader job description

Experience:

• Experience of supervisory management
• Experience of managing and supporting staff who work with people with a range of complex and challenging needs
• Experience and understanding of the contribution social work services can make in the criminal justice systems
• Experience of taking a key role as a manager in multi agency meetings e.g. MAPPA risk management case conferences child and adult protection case conferences
• Experience in a leadership role through periods of innovation and/or service development
• Experience in quality assurance and service improvement.
• Experience of criminal justice social work management (Desirable)
• Non-criminal justice social work management experience (Desirable)
• Experience of delivering structured interventions with complex populations individually and in groups (Desirable)
• Previous experience of leadership in services working with male perpetrators of domestic abuse and/or women and children affected by domestic abuse (Desirable)

Knowledge skills and understanding:

• Understanding and experience of implementing effective social work intervention with individuals in contact with the criminal justice system
• Knowledge of Scottish Governments National Outcomes and Standards for Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice system and other key policies and guidelines
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2005
• Ability to develop relationships and maintain a boundaried and consistent approach working with and responding to people affected by trauma whilst working to relevant risk assessment and other council policies and procedures
• Ability to work closely and in collaboration with a range of agencies and professionals in responding systemically to the risks and needs of women men and children
• Demonstrable leadership skills including a strong ability to contribute to and support others through change including knowledge and understanding of performance management and an ability to implement service improvements
• Knowledge of child protection andvulnerable adult processes and procedures
• Knowledge and understanding of budgetary management
• Excellent reasoning skills
• IT skills including the use ofdatabases and reporting tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of the impact of trauma into adulthood trauma enhanced practice and evidence-based approaches when working with complex trauma survivors (Desirable)
• Knowledge of the research on effective practice with people involved in offending behaviour (Desirable)

Qualifications and training:

• Social work qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
• Registration with SSSC
• Adherence to the values and principles enshrined in the SSSC Code of Practice
• A desire to develop professional knowledge skills and practice through training and continuous professional development opportunities
• Post qualifying training in leadership or management (Desirable)
• Training in and experience of the use of a wide range of approved risk assessment tools (Desirable)
• Other relevant training (e.g. Caledonian Safe and Together) (Desirable)

Job specific requirements:

• Extensive experience of working to prescribed accredited standards and manuals and Criminal Justice and organisational procedures and policy
• Extensive experience in a leadership role in the assessment and management of risk.
• Extensive experience of the issues around managing change in self others or organisations
• Extensive experience of effective multi-agency partnership working adopting systemic approaches to promote women and childrens safety Understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on women and children
• Knowledge of relevant theories including a gendered analysis of domestic abuse why men abuse women in intimate relationships and the dynamics of power & control in abusive relationships
• Knowledge of the research on effective practice with offenders and effective responses to domestic abuse.
• Extensive understanding of professional and personal authority how to exercise discretion and how to use it appropriately
• Excellent communication and engagement abilities
• An ability to establish and maintain working relationships with people accessing services
• An ability to reflect on practice self others and the organisation
• Ability to support social workers to assist them in implementing Trauma Informed Care and Safe and Together principles utilising components when they are undertaking assessments interviews documentation and case planning (Desirable)
• Understanding of the potential impact of trauma work on professionals interpersonal relationships and the importance of selfcare working in domestic abuse services (Desirable)
• Experience leading in a service engaging with individuals on a voluntary basis (Desirable)
• Experience working or leading in service provision to individuals whose first language is not English and where additional cultural knowledge and understanding is essential in-service development and deliver (Desirable)