Team Leader

Location: Stockwell

Salary: £36,142 per annum

Permanent

Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Closing date: 28th July 2024

Interviews: Start of August

If you are an experienced Support Worker with shift lead / supervisory experience or an existing Team Leader looking to develop a career in the homelessness sector, then Evolve is the place for you.

We offer a supportive environment for our Team Leaders to develop their management skills as part of a close-knit team of colleagues.

At Evolve, we recognise the importance of creating a foundation for parents and their children and our young unaccompanied asylum seekers ensuring that they are provided with support on their path to independent living.

Our young parents service at Stockwell supports young people, helping them to maintain their health during pregnancy, prepare for birth and develop childcare and positive parenting skills. The service has self-contained flats, each with it’s own bathroom, kitchen and living area. The service team also support a number of unaccompanied asylum seekrs.

The Stockwell site is a large one, with an independent nursery and fitness club using our facilities. This role also has responsibility for a small independent living facility in Croydon.

What will your responsibilities be as Team Leader

You will have full responsibility for managing colleagues as well as your own designated customer caseload, which tends to be those with more complex needs.

You will act as a general point of contact for day-to-day support queries for colleagues on shift and you will be expected to support the Team Manager in the overall day-to-day management of the service and deputise in their absence.

The service has a team of 12 colleagues which includes two night support workers, and you will be trained to recruit, manage and lead colleagues to ensure they realise their full potential in their roles.This will include managing induction and probation procedures effectively, conducting one to ones, coaching, identifying and taking action on training and development needs as appropriate.

Evolve is a truly great place to work, and because we are relatively small, as a Team Leader you can really see where you add value. We provide welcome and necessary support to our colleagues and managers who have very difficult but rewarding roles.

You can find more information on the Job Description and Person Specification which is attached as a document for you.

In return, we can offer you:

• 33 days holiday per annum, including bank holidays, rising to 38 days with service

• Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum

• Employee paid DBS checks

• Occupational sick pay

• Employer contributory pension scheme

• 4 x annual salary as Life Assurance

• Medical Cash Back Plan

• Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Full training and induction programme

About us

Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year.

Our aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient. We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness.

We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.