Be Well, Be Heard Team Leader
Salary £ £30,870 (pro rata)
BMECP Centre, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE
Vacancy listed 08/11/2023
Application deadline 29/11/2023
Details
Be Well, Be Heard Team Leader 

Hours: 4 days per week (5 days per week would be considered)
Location: BMECP Centre, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE 

This role is based at the Hummingbird office in central Brighton. Flexible working of up to 1 day a week working from home will be considered after the successful completion of probation.
Salary: £30,870 (pro rata)
Reports to: Youth Service Manager 

Responsible for: Be Well, Be Heard team (currently 3x part-time staff, with the ambition of the team expanding)

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 29th November 2023
Interview date: w/c Monday 4th December 2023

Start date: early January 2024

The Hummingbird Project

The Hummingbird Project is a youth-centred organisation that aims to provide trauma-informed services and promote youth-led action that is underpinned by our shared belief in human rights.

Our services support young refugees, between the ages of 14 and 25, many of whom arrived in the UK as unaccompanied children. 

Our vision is a community standing together for the rights and protection of young refugees.

Role Outline

The ‘Be Well, Be Heard’ service provides holistic and trauma-informed casework, advice and support to young people aged 14-25 years. Working closely with the community, statutory and voluntary organisations we ensure that the immediate and longer term needs of young people are heard and met. Our one-to-one work focuses on supporting young people to be well and be heard. This service offers vital support to young people through individual sessions and advocacy around their wellbeing and rights. 

The Be Well, Be Heard Team Leader will lead the Be Well, Be Heard service, facilitating continuous development of the programme and managing the existing team of three part-time specialist support workers. The role will suit an experienced, dynamic, supportive, and enthusiastic person with management skills and a deep understanding of the challenges young refugees and asylum seekers face in the UK. 

At Hummingbird, we strive to work with young people with a trauma informed and person centred approach. We understand that each young person we work with is an individual with specific support needs. We recognise that it can take time to develop a trusting relationship, and that the needs of the young person can change over time, therefore we do not have a set time frame as to how long we work with each individual. We have an interdisciplinary team that aims to work with young people in a holistic and nurturing way. 

Job Responsibilities: 

  • Undertake regular 1:1 supervision meetings with the ‘Be Well, Be Heard’ (BWBH) team

  • Lead weekly BWBH catch ups 

  • Facilitate monthly BWBH team case review meetings

  • Coordinate BWBH group clinical supervision meetings 

  • Attend and contribute to monthly service lead meetings (with the service leads of Global Social Club, Learning Space, and Young Leaders)

  • Actively coordinate the BWBH service provision

  • Manage referrals and waiting lists

  • Provide ongoing support, advice and expertise to the support workers

  • Maintain confidentiality and clear boundaries

  • Attend staff meetings

  • Support and coordinate the training and development needs of the BWBH team

  • Be a named Safeguarding Officer alongside the Youth Service Manager (Safeguarding Officer), and the Founder and Founder-Director (Safeguarding Lead)

  • Provide appropriate cover and casework support for the BWBH team during periods of annual leave, during sickness and other types of leave and in emergencies

  • Lead on the monitoring and evaluation of the BWBH service, and contribute to funding applications and annual reports 

  • Proactively support the expansion of the BWBH team and participate in the development of roles and the recruitment process

  • Be on emergency call x1 evening a week for the duration of our evening youth services (the Youth service Manager and Founder-Director will also be on call 1x evening a week each)

Working externally 

  • Work in partnership with community organisations, local authorities and other stakeholders

  • Develop and maintain networks and collaborative working relationships with existing and potential partnership organisations

  • Attend and contribute to meetings with partners and multi-disciplinary workers where it can benefit young refugees and/or the Hummingbird Project organisation

  • Use opportunities that arise for raising awareness of the needs of young refugees

Self care and development 

  • Uphold Hummingbird’s culture of wellbeing and development by attending external clinical supervision sessions, 1:1s, reflective practice, and other opportunities identified by Hummingbird

  • Undertake training and self-development to develop skills and ensure an accurate knowledge and understanding of the issues facing, and policies affecting, refugee, asylum-seeking and recently arrived young people

  • Take part in ongoing anti-oppressive training and development, including supporting the ongoing anti-racism working group

  • Undertake training to become a designated safeguarding officer, and regular training relating to the safeguarding of refugees, children and adults at risk

Other 
  • Maintain accurate records, contact details and information as required by the organisation

  • Work with and adhere to all organisational policies and procedures, including but not limited to: Health and Safety, Behaviour Code, Lone Working, Child Protection and Safeguarding

  • Any other duties commensurate with the position

Attached documents
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Be Well, Be Heard Team Leader Be_Well__Be_Heard_Team_Leader.pdf

This vacancy has now been closed