Team Manager (17463)

Lancashire Young Carers are seeking to appoint a passionate, enthusiastic and driven Team Manager to join our amazing team in supporting Young Carers across the Lancashire footprint.

Are you committed to making a difference to the lives of children and young people? Are you up for a new opportunity and challenge?

The successful candidate will have experience working with children and young people and have a passion for supporting young carers to reduce the impact of their caring role in their lives.

What our Young Carers and parents/guardians say .

'My worker has been very understanding and has helped me more than any other service I have worked with'

'My son was able to talk to you about things he felt he couldn't share with me, thank you for all you have done'

'I am feeling less anxious and I am able to sleep properly knowing I have someone I can talk to who listens to me'

'You have been amazing thank you for your help, I like how you made me feel that I can cope and do anything'

History of the Service:

Barnardo's have held the contract for The Lancashire Young Carers Service since 2011 we are commissioned by Lancashire County Council in partnership with NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group, we were recently awarded the new contract from April 2022 Service

Service Aim:

To support, empower and equip young carers by ensuring they are recognised as a young carer, supported to have a life outside caring, improve mental health and wellbeing and ensure children and young people are protected from harmful caring roles and are thriving

Objectives of Service: To work with Young Carers across Lancashire To identify and assess all Young Carers in Lancashire To work with the whole family to reduce the impact of caring To provide one to one and group work support based on identified needs To reduce the impact of the Young Carer's caring role To raise awareness of the role of Young Carers Multi agency working to support our young carers Specific Responsibilities: To support, supervise and manage the project workers to work with Young Carers and their families using a range of interventions for the benefit of reducing the impact of their caring role Raising awareness of the Young Carers Service and developing referral pathways across Lancashire To be a champion of and advocate for the voice of the young people, building child-centred and trauma informed practice into the heart of everything we do. To model good care practice to the wider team. Provide robust management and leadership to a staff team Actively deliver timely supervision, monitoring the quality of work, both hands on and record keeping, to ensure staff are working to high levels of performance and within the best interests of the young people Liaise and work alongside our commissioners at LCC, reporting to them on a quarterly basis against the contract requirements Work in partnerships to deliver better outcomes for Young Carers Deliver presentations and workshops to agencies and organisations across the county When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the person specification, job description and additional information, this should be done with and understanding of the context of the service described.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in the out of hours "On Call Rota" which covers 365 days per year. Covering services across to deal with a staffing shortage, safeguarding or emergency situation.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardo's stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Our basis and values

Documents Team Manager - Job Description & Person Profile.pdf (85.02 KB) Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB) Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Updated Version July 2021.pdf (101.44 KB) Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB) Team Manager - Additional Information.pdf (1.06 MB)