Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
The Ealing Child and Young People's service (The EASY Project) is developing and we are looking for an empowering and dynamic Team Leader to support, lead and develop our service, team, partnership working approach and local community to establish a great service in Ealing.
We are looking for a leader with a keen interest and understanding in Children and YP services for Ealing. The role will be reponsible for developing our existing team within the EASY Project, and identifying local needs to make our service offer proactive, preventative and meaningful to meet the local need for our young people in Ealing.
The role is supported by senior management across the organisation and locally, and will allow for you to use your innovation, flare, partnership working skills and knowledge of this specialist sector to make the service accessible for young people who want help with their drug and/or alcohol use.
If you think you could make a difference and want to help shape the EASY Project within this management role, we welcome your application.
Where: Ealing
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (for part time roles please add the following - part time xxxx hours per week)
Salary: £34,700.09 - £36,635.38 (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)
Responsibilities
About the role:
Provide supervision and line management – Regularly oversee identified team members, ensuring delivery of a high-quality service.
Guide and support assessments – Assist the team in evaluating the needs of children, young people, and families, creating individual and group plans, and encouraging active engagement with support.
Maintain a safe and welcoming environment – Ensure compliance with health and safety standards at all times.
Foster effective partnerships – Identify and work collaboratively with partner agencies, taking a proactive role to achieve positive service outcomes.
Support learning and development – Recognise training needs within the team and help members achieve their professional development goals.
Lead on performance management – Use tools such as observed practice to identify areas for improvement and implement targeted support or action plans.
Collaborate with key partners – Work alongside managers from Social Care, Youth Justice Services, and other partners to enhance activity within their services.
Monitor budget expenditure – Oversee spending with the Cluster Manager, including client costs, staff expenses, and operational costs.
Ensure governance and monitoring – Work with the Service Manager to uphold governance standards and make effective use of monitoring systems.
About you:
Experience supporting children and young people with substance misuse issues – Practical background in helping those experiencing difficulties related to drugs or alcohol.Awareness of challenges for affected families – Understanding the broader social, emotional, and practical issues impacting young people and their families.Strong knowledge of drugs and alcohol – Detailed awareness of substances and their physical, psychological, and social effects.Line management and supervision skills – Experience leading staff, including reflective supervision to support professional growth.Leadership and team motivation – Ability to inspire, guide, and empower colleagues.Safeguarding expertise – Comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding children and young people, with experience embedding these practices operationally.Partnership development – Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with external agencies and partners.Psychosocial and clinical intervention knowledge – Understanding of approaches such as motivational interviewing and ITEP (International Treatment Effectiveness Project).Understanding of the ‘Hidden Harm’ agenda – Awareness of the impact of parental substance misuse on children.Experience in community outreach – Skilled in delivering support and interventions in community-based settings.What we will give to you:
Annual leave entitlement – 25 days plus bank holidays, increasing by one day per year for the first five years, reaching 30 days after five years.
Wellness support – One paid wellness hour each week, access to a wellness hub, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Contributory pension scheme – Employer-supported retirement savings plan.
Discount benefits – Savings on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more.
Supportive work environment – Friendly and encouraging team culture.
Training and progression – Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
Referral rewards – Generous “refer a friend” incentive scheme.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 31 to 33 (£35,220.59 - £37,184.90) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,133.14) Closing Date 4/9/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Sammy Fletcher | Sammy.Fletcher@cgl.org.uk This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
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