Programme Lead

Glasgow (North East), Lanarkshire

Circa £26,000 per annum pro rata

18.5hr per week, Part Time

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned an exciting new service in the North East of the City to work alongside families in a flexible and strengths based way to help them achieve positive outcomes. As part of a city-wide strategy, the service will promote the wellbeing of children and young people aged 0-12 years to support them to stay at home and thrive with their families within their local communities by offering the right support at the right time.

Our shared vision is to support children and young people to live with their parents and siblings, or where this is in the best interest of children, with their extended family, enabling them to grow up in their community with their friends, and attend their local school.

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic Programme Lead to help deliver this new initiative.

You will be required to have a flexible approach to working.

You will make a difference by:

-Participating in the design and planning, and lead on the implementation of services, ensuring that they are compatible with service objectives

-Lead the delivery of high quality service, based on the agreed model, and required outcomes.

-Provide direct line management of staff, applying appropriate policies and procedures, also sharing knowledge and experience through coaching and mentoring techniques.

-Effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them.

-Working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes.

-Listening to children, young people and families.

-Working in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

You will need:

Management qualification or experience of line managing staff.

-Working in a project management approach – planning and monitoring work programme in line with key milestones and targets.

-SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent.

-Post qualification experience of working with children, young people and families and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention.

-Outreach working experience.

-Experience of working with vulnerable families and a broad understanding of their barriers.

-Knowledge and experience of implementing methods of assessment and interventions.

-Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and through presentations.

-Experience of developing multidisciplinary support plans.

-Driving licence and access to a suitable means of transport to carry out the duties of the role effectively.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For any questions relating to this role, please contact Lynsey.Munro@actionforchildren.org.uk in our recruitment team.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.