Team Manager - Breathe Trust Connect

Team Manager opportunity in Breathe Trust Connect, City Wide Service

Breathe Trust Connect, New Growth and Lifelong Links - Team Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager to lead specialist therapeutic support services for birth parents impacted by the loss of a child through adoption, pregnant care experienced young people (New Growth) and connecting children and young people to important people they have lost whilst in foster care (Lifelong Links).

This role is central to establishing high quality, evidence based services that work in a trauma informed way providing therapeutic services to people accessing specialist support. The team manager will be responsible for supervising a highly skilled workforce with a range of therapeutic qualifications such as DDP, Theraplay, Therapeutic Life Story Work, EMDR, Circle of Security and Video Interaction Guidance. The role requires a sound knowledge of therapeutic practice and supervision.

As the team manager, you will lead and support a team of social workers and social care practitioners, ensuring high quality, formulation led practice and strong adherence to the BtC practice model. You will provide reflective supervision and line management, oversee risk and safeguarding, ensure interventions address the underlying unmet needs of complex trauma. You will work closely with multi agency partners, contribute to service development, and maintain high standards of practice across the services.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the team to ensure prevention of repeat removals, specialist therapeutic support offered in the adult, pregnancy and parenting pathways; improve young people's engagement in maternity health and ensure they have access to specialist therapeutic support; strengthen family relationships and tackle underlying systemic issues; provide specialist formulation, consultation and guidance to staff; oversee assessment, allocation and coordination of services, including multi agency involvement; ensure fidelity to the BTC and Lifelong Links models through supervision, training and quality assurance; support staff through home visits, case reviews and reflective practice; maintain strong partnerships with Children's Services, Maternity Health and other agencies; manage performance, workload and professional development for up to eight staff; contribute to recruitment, service development, evaluation and reporting; ensure safe, effective community practice and adherence to policies and professional standards.

About you

• You will have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject, and/or preferably be professionally qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. social work, psychology, mental health nursing), and will have significant experience of working behaviourally and/or therapeutically with young people and their families. You will be positive, passionate and committed to making a difference to young people and their families and enjoy the challenge this brings. You will demonstrate an interest in evidence based practice and research and will be keen to develop your knowledge of BtC and Lifelong Links and therapeutic and intervention skills.

In order to be considered for this role please complete an application form demonstrating how you meet the competencies required, as outlined in the attached person specification. CVs will not be accepted.

For informal enquiries please contact Jo Minifie on .

The closure date is 27th July.

Interviews are expected to be held on the week of 3rd Aug.

Our offer to you

At the Trust, we value our people and are committed to supporting your professional development, wellbeing and work life balance. When you join us, you'll benefit from:

• Payment of your Social Work England registration fee.
• Payment of your DBS application fee, plus reimbursement of your DBS Update Service subscription.
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days after five years' service and 35 days after ten years' service.
• An early finish every Friday, helping you make the most of your weekend.
• Access to our Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, offering the opportunity to drive a brand new car through an affordable fixed monthly payment, with no deposit or credit checks and a range of all inclusive driving packages.
• Free on site parking at our One Avenue Road (Aston) and Lifford House (Stirchley) offices, including free electric vehicle charging points.
• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including Occupational Health services, reward and recognition schemes, employee discounts (including the Blue Light Card), health and fitness offers, wellbeing support and much more.
• Flexible and hybrid working, with a range of working patterns that support both the needs of the Trust and a healthy work life balance.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, providing a generous career average pension.
• Discounted gym memberships with PureGym and Nuffield Health to support your health and wellbeing.