Advice Team Leader (Young Person Service) – Mental Health Charity

This mental health charity is seeking an experienced Advice Team Leader to join their young person’s service (YASP) and to lead on a new partnership project. This advice work is funded by the Big Lottery ‘Help Through Crisis’ programme and is for young people aged 15 to 25 who are at risk of crisis.

Job Title: Advice Team Leader
Location: Manchester, M19
Salary: £27,924 (pro rata) 
Contract Type: Permanent with funding secured until 2021
Hours:  17.5 hours a week

The Team Leader will provide casework supervision and provide oversight of a range of involvement and participation methods. The Team Leader will be responsible for monitoring, evaluation and reporting as well as having the chance to develop a service that will help a diverse range of young people from across Manchester.

The charity are looking to appoint someone who has excellent knowledge of welfare rights and previous experience of developing and delivering successful projects.

This permanent position is part of a partnership project with funding secured until 2021. The Advice Team Leader will lead on the ‘Help Through Crisis’ project within charity, GMCDP and YPSF. This will be via small team comprising of three part-time Advisors and one part-time Participation Development Worker. This work is funded by the Big Lottery Fund ‘Help Through Crisis’ fund.

Our client is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. They see it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering. 

Deadline:  12pm noon on Monday 6 June 2016
Interviews will be held during the week of 20^th June 2016

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