Team Manager - Community Interventions

Middlesbrough Council

  • Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
  • £41,771-44,075 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 17 hours ago
We have an exciting role on offer within our Access and Safeguarding team as a Team Manager Community Interventions.About UsAt Middlesbrough, we truly live our values and incorporate them into everything we do. We are passionate about improving the lives of our residents, focused on achieving best outcomes and creative in the way we work with customers, ensuring they get the best support available. ACT (Accessing Change Together) integrates council staff and partner organisations and provides a range of support and interventions in relation to service users who need support with Housing Support and Homelessness, Domestic Abuse and Substance misuse.ACT (Accessing Change Together) is an integrated service, which means that lots of support services are working together and using a shared case load management system. This makes it easier for service users to get access to services they need so they receive the right support and easier for council staff and partner organisations to work together. The teams work alongside other services including Adult & Children’s Social Care and Public Health, to develop consistent pathways and effective processes. We have an opportunity available within ACT (Accessing Change Together) for a team manager to oversee the Community Interventions Team in Middlesbrough council.This is a service focused on preventing homelessness and is available for households who have unmet housing related support needs, are at risk of repeat homelessness, need some extra support with tenancy sustainment, as well as those who have been placed in temporary or safe accommodation. The Community Interventions team helps ensure service users become better equipped to resolve housing related difficulties and overcome any barriers they might face.It is person centred and supports service users in the best ways for them and their personal circumstances.Whilst in post there will be development opportunities alongside flexible working with the option of a blended working environment (home and office where appropriate). New staff joining Middlesbrough can expect a warm welcome from the teams, our Director and Chief Executive and full induction process.To be successful in this role you need to demonstrate how they prioritise development and well-being of a team, has experience of working effectively with a range of services and has the skills, passion and resilience to work creatively with service users who are accessing ACT accessing Change Together and need ongoing support in relation to Housing, Homelessness and /or Domestic Abuse.If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!In return we can offer:
  • Generous leave entitlement with an option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
  • Excellent pension plus top-up options.
  • Staff networks run by our staff for our staff.
  • Flexible working (dependent on job role).
  • Electric car lease scheme.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Employee benefits portal including Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Staff lottery.
  • Travel and car parking schemes.
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities.
  • Fantastic career progression opportunities and lots more!
If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact, Claire Moore Domestic Abuse Strategic Lead at 01642 728691 or email .The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.We operative a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.Telephone:
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Middlesbrough Council